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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 largely 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>. | 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 largely 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>. By mid-February, 2021, B.1.1.7 was detected in 83 countries<ref name="b.1.1.7">[https://cov-lineages.org/global_report_B.1.1.7.html B.1.1.7 Report], PANGO Lineages, February 17, 2021.</ref>. | ||
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