NERVTAG: note on growth rate of SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7, 22 April 2021
Paper from the New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (NERVTAG) on the COVID-19 variant B.1.1.7.
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Paper prepared by NERVTAG on the B.1.1.7 SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern. It was considered at SAGE 87 on 22 April 2021.
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The following members of NERVTAG authored this paper: Peter Horby, Cariad Evans, Catherine Huntley, Muge Cevik, Wendy Barclay, Julian Hiscox, John Edmunds, Neil Ferguson, Andrew Hayward and Maria Zambon.
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