UK Variant B.1.1.7 COVID Sequence In Kingston Jamaica

[niman]

The University of the West Indies has released (at GISAID) a UK variant B1.1.1.7 sequence, Jamaica/JAM47542/2020, collected Dec 21.

Edited January 3, 2021 by niman

[niman]

Jamaica/JAM47542/2020 12/21 matched UK variant with 3 AAs deleted in Spike protein, 3 AAs deleted in NSP6.

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[niman]

The four positive samples were among the 20 confirmed coronavirus cases out of the 301 passengers who arrived from the UK on December 21, the date Jamaica banned passenger arrivals from the UK because of the newly discovered strain of the virus in that country. Jamaica has now restricted flights from the UK until January 31

http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20210103/new-highly-contagious-strain-covid-19-now-jamaica