SARS-CoV-2 501Y.V2 lineage may be predominant throughout South Africa

The SARS-CoV-2 501Y.V2 lineage has been recently been shown to predominate in the Eastern Cape, Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal provinces of South Africa, all of which experienced major outbreaks of COVID-19. This variant of concern harbors mutations associated with increased transmissibility and neutralizing antibody resistance. In a report published on Jan. 28, the National Institute for [...]

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