NEW publication in Eurosurveillance
Increased transmissibility & global spread of #SARSCoV2 VOC & VOI
Estimated transmissibility increases of alpha 29% (95% CI: 24–33), beta 25% (95% CI: 20–30), gamma 38% (95% CI: 29–48) & delta 97% (95% CI: 76–117)
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eurosurveillance.org/content/10.280…
Increased transmissibility & global spread of #SARSCoV2 VOC & VOI
Estimated transmissibility increases of alpha 29% (95% CI: 24–33), beta 25% (95% CI: 20–30), gamma 38% (95% CI: 29–48) & delta 97% (95% CI: 76–117)
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eurosurveillance.org/content/10.280…
Conclusions: Rapid replacement means that epidemiological assessment of new variants must be conducted quickly and regularly if PHSM are to continue to reduce the spread of SARS-CoV-2.
Given limitations and inherent delays in detecting emerging variants and investigating their phenotypic impacts, the use and adjustment of PHSM should continue to be informed by traditional epidemiological surveillance.
Critically, the capacity to detect and respond to new variants requires continued efforts to enhance surveillance and sequencing capacity globally.
Enhanced efforts are needed to ensure better geographical representativeness of available SARS-CoV-2 sequences and the rapid sharing of sequences and metadata for analysis and to inform public health decision making.
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