UK Variant B.1.1.7 SARS CoV2 Sequence From Lane County Oregon

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Oregon SARS-CoV-2 Genome Sequencing Center has released (at GISAID) a UK variant (B.1.1.7) sequence collected Feb 8 in Lane County

USA/OR-OHSU-PHL00043/2021 2/8 49M Lane County Oregon

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USA/OR-OHSU-PHL00043/2021 2/8 49M Lane County Oregon 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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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/