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, 20205 yr by niman

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.

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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, 20205 yr by niman