Latest SARS-CoV-2 new variant report now available for 2021-01-02. As of this evening, there are 4,697 B.1.1.7 sequences from 23 countries and 353 B.1.351 sequences from 4 countries across the world. @arambaut @viralverity 
Todays report — and pangolin v2.1.6 — comes with an updated set of lineage defining SNPs to assign B.1.351, to make use of the SNPs described in this preprint: medrxiv.org/content/10.110…
We now assign B.1.351 to sequences with 5 or more of the defining SNPs. @arambaut @Tuliodna
We now assign B.1.351 to sequences with 5 or more of the defining SNPs. @arambaut @Tuliodna
In addition to countries previously represented on GISAID, New Zealand has uploaded 6 B.1.1.7 genomes.
Reports of B.1.1.7 SARS-CoV-2 and sequence counts have been updated on total volume of passengers flying out of London in October. As of today, 2021-01-02, 33 countries in total had reported B.1.1.7 sequences, with 23 of those represented on GISAID so far. @MOUGK @EvolveDotZoo
Find todays report at cov-lineages.org/global_report.…
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