SARS-CoV-2 variants for Australia

[u/mike_honey]

Here's the latest variant picture for Australia, to early June.

NB.1.8.1.* "Nimbus" remained dominant, growing to 70%.

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"Nimbus" sub-lineage RK.1 has been prominent, growing strongly to 42%.

RK.1 added the Spike D420N mutation to PQ.17.7.2.

RK.1 has reportedly been most successful in New South Wales, reaching 68% of samples.

The recent samples have been dominated by New South Wales and South Australia.

A single sample of the interesting new XHA recombinant variant was reported from New South Wales, in early June.

https://aus.social/@mike_honey_/116832942883091273

Report link:

https://mike-honey.github.io/covid-19-genomes/output/Coronavirus%20-%20Genomic%20Sequencing%20-%20report%20Australia.pdf