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PHE: Investigation of novel SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern 202012/01 - technical briefing 3, 6 January 2021
Paper prepared by Public Health England (PHE).
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Paper presented by PHE on the new SARS-CoV-2 variant. It was considered at SAGE 75 on 7 January 2021.
The paper is the assessment of the evidence at the time of writing. As new evidence or data emerges, SAGE updates its advice accordingly.
This paper is a technical briefing which details how the S-gene is relevant to detection of the new SARS-CoV-2 variant. See more information on the new SARS-CoV-2 variant.
These documents are released as pre-print publications that have provided the government with rapid evidence during an emergency. These documents have not been peer-reviewed and there is no restriction on authors submitting and publishing this evidence in peer-reviewed journals.