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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. Variants: distribution of cases data (in en). GOV.UK (27 February 2021). 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. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/third-concerning-coronavirus-variant-should-wake-call-world/. Retrieved 17 January 2021. 
  6. ↑ "Japan finds new coronavirus variant in travelers from Brazil". Japan Today (Japan). 11 January 2021. https://japantoday.com/category/national/corrected-update-3-japan-finds-new-coronavirus-variant-in-travellers-from-brazil. Retrieved 2021-01-14. 
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