SARS-CoV-2 Gamma variant

Total number of P.1 sequences by country as of 21 April 2021[1]
Legend:
  1,000+ confirmed sequences
  500–999 confirmed sequences
  100–499 confirmed sequences
  2–99 confirmed sequences
  1 confirmed sequence
  None or no data available

The Gamma variant, also known as lineage P.1,[a] is one of the variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.[5]

This variant of SARS-CoV-2 was first detected by the National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID) of Japan, on 6 January 2021 in four people who had arrived in Tokyo having visited Amazonas, Brazil, four days earlier.[6]

Notes

  1. ↑ Other names include:
    – 20J/501Y.V3
    – Variant of Concern 202101/02 (VOC-202101/02)[2]
    – Brazilian variant or Brazil variant[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ "Lineage P.1". cov-lineages.org. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  2. ↑ Public Health England (27 February 2021). "Variants: distribution of cases data". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
  3. ↑ "Covid-19: Brazil virus already in UK 'not variant of concern', scientist says". www.bbc.com. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  4. ↑ "COVID-19: Virologist says Brazilian coronavirus variant detected in UK is not the one 'of concern'". news.sky.com. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  5. ↑ Newey, Sarah (12 January 2021). "Third concerning coronavirus variant should be a 'wake up call' to the world, experts warn". The Telegraph. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  6. ↑ "Japan finds new coronavirus variant in travelers from Brazil". Japan Today. Japan. 11 January 2021. Retrieved 2021-01-14.
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