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(Professor of Infectious Disease Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) noted that the UK has "one of the most comprehensive and sensitive molecular surveillance systems in the world and that allowed us to pick up this strain relatively quickly."<ref name="edmunds">[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/20/we-need-even-tougher-curbs-to-fight-this-new-coronavirus-strain We need even tougher curbs to fight this new coronavirus strain] by John Edmunds, The Guardian, December 20, 2020.</ref> | (Professor of Infectious Disease Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) noted that the UK has "one of the most comprehensive and sensitive molecular surveillance systems in the world and that allowed us to pick up this strain relatively quickly."<ref name="edmunds">[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/20/we-need-even-tougher-curbs-to-fight-this-new-coronavirus-strain We need even tougher curbs to fight this new coronavirus strain] by John Edmunds, The Guardian, December 20, 2020.</ref> | ||
He refers to the UK's COVID-19 Genomics Consortium (COG-UK)<ref name="cog1">[https://www.sanger.ac.uk/collaboration/covid-19-genomics-uk-cog-uk-consortium/ COVID-19 Genomics UK (COG-UK) Consortium], Wellcome Sanger Institute, UK.</ref><ref name="coguk">[https://www.cogconsortium.uk/ COVID-19 Genomics Consortium UK (CoG-UK)].</ref>. | He refers to the UK's COVID-19 Genomics Consortium (COG-UK)<ref name="cog1">[https://www.sanger.ac.uk/collaboration/covid-19-genomics-uk-cog-uk-consortium/ COVID-19 Genomics UK (COG-UK) Consortium], Wellcome Sanger Institute, UK.</ref><ref name="coguk">[https://www.cogconsortium.uk/ COVID-19 Genomics Consortium UK (CoG-UK)].</ref>. In contrast to the UK, the USA has done far less SARS-CoV-2 genome sequencing, leaving the spread of variants in the USA unknown<ref name="zimmer1">[https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/06/health/coronavirus-variant-tracking.html U.S. Is Blind to Contagious New Virus Variant, Scientists Warn] by Carl Zimmer, New York Times, January 6, 2021.</ref>. | ||
By the end of December, 2020, B.1.1.7 had been detected in at least 18 countries<ref name="18countries">[https://www.businessinsider.com/new-coronavirus-variant-all-the-countries-where-its-been-identified-2020-12 These are all countries that have already reported cases of the new, possibly more infectious coronavirus variant from the UK], Business Insider, December 29, 2020.</ref>, plus the United States<ref name="usa1">[https://www.huffpost.com/entry/new-covid-uk-confirmed-us-colorado_n_5feba1fdc5b66809cb34f0f9 New COVID-19 Variant From U.K. Confirmed In U.S. For First Time], Huffington Post, December 29, 2020.</ref>. By January 18, 2021, B.1.1.7 infections were detected in 20 states of the United States<ref name="20states">[https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/transmission/variant-cases.html US COVID-19 Cases Caused by Variants], update of January 18, 2021. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA.</ref>. | By the end of December, 2020, B.1.1.7 had been detected in at least 18 countries<ref name="18countries">[https://www.businessinsider.com/new-coronavirus-variant-all-the-countries-where-its-been-identified-2020-12 These are all countries that have already reported cases of the new, possibly more infectious coronavirus variant from the UK], Business Insider, December 29, 2020.</ref>, plus the United States<ref name="usa1">[https://www.huffpost.com/entry/new-covid-uk-confirmed-us-colorado_n_5feba1fdc5b66809cb34f0f9 New COVID-19 Variant From U.K. Confirmed In U.S. For First Time], Huffington Post, December 29, 2020.</ref>. By January 18, 2021, B.1.1.7 infections were detected in 20 states of the United States<ref name="20states">[https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/transmission/variant-cases.html US COVID-19 Cases Caused by Variants], update of January 18, 2021. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA.</ref>. | ||