niman Posted December 28, 2020 Report Share Posted December 28, 2020 (edited) Norwegian Institute of Public Health release (at GISAID) a COVID UK variant sequence, Norway/7129/2020, from a Dec 13 collection in Skien. Edited December 28, 2020 by niman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niman Posted December 28, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2020 Norway/7129/2020 12/13 matched UK variant with 3 AAs deleted in Spike protein, 3 AAs deleted in NSP6 and Q27 stop codon in NS8. map update https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/1/edit?mid=1aQDSL2LwQFbuoCAg_nIOPK8D-LIJ5MYd&ll=59.166582062019934%2C8.340557023836377&z=7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niman Posted December 28, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2020 (edited) One of the two cases was detected in the town of Kinn in Western Norway and the other in the Norwegian capital, Oslo. "We can confirm that a person has been confirmed infected by the new variant," Kjartan Sverdrup, a press spokesman for Oslo's health service, told state broadcaster NRK. "The person in question and their close contacts are being followed up in line with current infection control rules." https://www.thelocal.no/20201228/two-cases-of-more-infectious-uk-covid-variant-found-in-norway?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter Edited December 28, 2020 by niman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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