UK Variant B.1.1.7 COVID Sequence From New York Co New York

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Wadsworth Center has released (at GISAID) a UK Variant B.1.1.7 SARS CoV2 sequence, USA/NY-Wadsworth-21001916-01/2020, collected Dec 24 from 30F.

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USA/NY-Wadsworth-21001916-01/2020 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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Mayor Bill de Blasio said during a news conference that the variant, which was first identified in the United Kingdom, had been detected in two New York City residents. One resident is from Queens, the other from Manhattan.

https://queenspost.com/queens-resident-tests-positive-for-uk-coronavirus-variant