Investigation of SARS-CoV-2 variants: technical briefings
Technical briefing documents on novel SARS-CoV-2 variants.
Applies to England
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Technical briefing documents and underlying data on novel SARS-CoV-2 variants.
Previous versions were published by Public Health England.
See daily overview and summary of case data for Omicron.
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Published 1 October 2021Last updated 22 September 2023 + show all updates
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A correction has been made to the summary and symptom analysis text due to an earlier error. The analysis and findings are unchanged.
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Updated information about the performance of diagnostic LFDs under 2.1 in Technical Briefing 32.
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Omicron daily overview moved to new page and linked from details section.
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