501.v2 SARS-CoV2 COVID Sequence From Middlesex County Massachusetts

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Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT has released (at GISAID) a B.1.351 (501.V2) SARS CoV sequence collected Jan 27

USA/MA-Broad_CRSP-00844/2021 1/27

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The person who tested positive for the South Africa variant is a Middlesex County woman in her 20s. She has had no reported travel, according to the DPH.

State health officials say genetic sequencing completed at the Broad Institute on behalf of the DPH has confirmed the variant.

https://www.wcvb.com/article/first-case-of-south-africa-covid-19-variant-confirmed-in-massachusetts-department-of-public-health-says/35526290#

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USA/MA-Broad_CRSP-00844/2021 1/27 matched 501.v2 with 3 AAs deleted in Spike protein, 3 AAs deleted in NSP6

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