Three UK Variant B.1.1.7 SARS CoV2 Sequences From Washington District of Columbia

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Sequences for the cases below have not been released.  The assigned UNK number will be updated upon release

DC-CDC-STM-UNK642/2021 Washington District of Columbia
DC-CDC-STM-UNK643/2021 Washington District of Columbia
DC-CDC-STM-UNK644/2021 Washington District of Columbia

Coronavirus variants first found in the UK and South Africa have been detected in Washington D.C., the district’s health director LaQuandra Nesbitt said Thursday. 

The UK variant, known as B.1.1.7, was found in three people and the South Africa variant, B.1.351, in one person, she said during a news conference.

"Every positive test is not sequenced to be detected for variants only a sampling of cases are sequenced for variants," said Nesbitt. "Not every one of those positive cases is sequenced either by the DC Public Health lab or sent to the CDC for sequencing."

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/us-capital-detects-first-uk-south-africa-variants/2142154

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DC-CDC-STM-UNK642/2021 Washington District of Columbia

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