Three UK Variant B.1.1.7 SARS CoV2 Sequences From Georgina Ontario Canada

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The sequences described below have not been released.  UNK numbers are being assigned to the three most recent cases, which will be updated when released.

Canada/ON-PHL-20-UNK231/2020 50sF Georgina Ontario Canada
Canada/ON-PHL-20-UNK232/2020 30sM Georgina Ontario Canada
Canada/ON-PHL-20-UNK233/2020 30sM Georgina Ontario Canada

 

Another three cases appeared in Georgina a few days later: a male and female in their 60s from the same family tested positive Dec. 29 in what is believed to be community transmission, and a female in her 50s who had close contact with a U.K. variant case.

Since then, one male in his 30s tested positive Jan. 1, a male in his 30s tested positive Jan. 7, both contracting the virus via community transmission.

https://www.yorkregion.com/news-story/10316829-york-region-very-concerned-more-virulent-u-k-variant-of-covid-19-spreading-locally/

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Canada/ON-PHL-20-UNK231/2020 50sF Georgina Ontario Canada

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Canada/ON-PHL-20-UNK232/2020 30sM Georgina Ontario Canada

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Canada/ON-PHL-20-UNK233/2020 30sM Georgina Ontario Canada

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