Long-read sequencing via Oxford Nanopore sequencers is becoming more popular and widespread in labs throughout the world.

With this sequencing method, strands of DNA are pushed through a pore in a membrane and the nucleotide-specific current flow is measured and translated to bases. The longest published read to date measured 2,272,580 bases in length, although the ONT website claims >4,000,000 bases (which likely is internal data as no source is given). As longer reads are preferred for e.g. spanning genomic repeat sequences and co-detecting mutations on a single DNA strand, protocols for "ultra-long" read generation are being refined and published.

Will we see at least one read with a length of >= 5.000.000 bases before January 1st, 2022?

The question resolves positively if the result has been published in a peer-reviewed journal.