UK Variant B.1.1.7 SARS CoV2 Sequence From Portland Oregon

[niman]

Oregon SARS-CoV-2 Genome Sequencing Center has released (at GISAID) a UK variant (B.1.1.7) sequence collected Feb 6

USA/OR-OHSU-PHL00035/2021 2/6 82F

Edited March 6, 2021 by niman

[niman]

USA/OR-OHSU-PHL00035/2021 2/6 82F matched B.1.1.7 variant with 3 AAs deleted in Spike protein, 3 AAs deleted in NSP6 and Q27 stop codon in NS8.

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[niman]

Oregon health officials have identified five more cases of the more contagious COVID-19 variant first identified in the U.K., bringing the state’s total to nine.

The Oregon Health Authority did not say in which counties the variant was identified.

https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/coronavirus/2021/02/23/oregon-covid-update-five-more-cases-varient-identified-u-k/4551091001/

[niman]

Oregon Health Authority spokesman Tim Heider said the state will not release information about when or in which counties new cases of the strain were identified. 

[niman]

Discovered in a patient in Portland, it is similar to the U.K. strain but carries a mutation seen in variants of the virus being spread in South Africa, Brazil and New York City. This mutation has also already been observed in Britain.

The mutation was in a sample scientists collected from an outbreak in a health care setting. Of the 13 samples analyzed, 10 were the U.K. strain and one was the new mutation.

https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2021-03-05/scientists-discover-mutation-of-uk-coronavirus-strain-in-oregon