SARS-CoV-2 variants of public health interest: 8 April 2022
Updated 21 April 2023
Position as of 4 April 2022.
This document uses the current variant classification system, and a new system will come into effect on 1 April 2022 as described in Technical Briefing 38.
Horizon scan
International epidemiology scan | 4 April 2022 |
Lineage and signals growth rates scan | 4 April 2022 |
Phylogenetic cluster detection | 4 April 2022 |
International mutation scan | 4 April 2022 |
Domestic mutation scan | 4 April 2022 |
Signals investigated from 22 March 2022 to 4 April 2022 | 9 |
New genomes 22 March 2022 to 4 April 2022 | 123,182 |
Note: Signals of individual mutations and new clusters are excluded until defined variant is identified.
SARS-CoV-2 variants of public health interest: variants detected in the UK
Variants of concern
Omicron (VOC-21NOV-01/B.1.1.529/BA.1, and all sub-lineages, unless named elsewhere on the grid) |
Omicron (VOC-22JAN-01/BA.2) |
Variants
Omicron (B.1.1.529) sub-lineage BA.5 (V-22APR-04) |
XE recombinant (V-22APR-02/BA.1 x BA.2) |
Delta (V-21APR-02, and all sub-lineages, unless named elsewhere on the grid) |
Alpha (V-20DEC-01/B.1.1.7) |
V-21OCT-01 (AY.4.2) |
Signals currently under monitoring and investigation
B.1.640 |
BA.3 |
Delta and Omicron recombinant lineages (UK) |
XF recombinant |
BA.1/BA.2 recombinant (with unique mutation C3583T) |
SARS-CoV-2 variants of public health interest: variants present in GISAID but not detected in the UK
International variants of concern
Beta (VOC-20DEC-02, B.1.351) |
International variants
Mu (VUI-21JUL-01, B.1.621) |
V-21APR-03 (B.1.617.3) |
XD Recombinant (V-22APR-01, Delta x BA.1) |
International signals under monitoring
AY.119.2/BA.1.1 Recombinant |
SARS-CoV-2 variants of public health interest: variants which have become provisionally extinct
Variants provisionally extinct (not detected for 12 weeks in the UK or in GISAID)
P.1 (Gamma) (previously VOC-21JAN-02) |
A.23.1 with E484K (previously VUI-21FEB-01) |
Alpha with E484K (previously VOC-21FEB-02) |
B.1.324.1 with E484K (previously VUI-21MAR-01) |
AV.1 (previously VUI-21MAY-01) |
P.3 (previously VUI-21MAR-02) |
B.1.525 (previously VUI-21FEB-03) |
B.1.318 (previously VUI-21FEB-04) |
P.2 (previously VUI-21JAN-01) |
B.1.617.1 (previously VUI-21APR-01) |
A.27 |
C.36.3 |
Iota (B.1.526) |
Signals provisionally extinct (not detected for 12 weeks in the UK or in GISAID)
A.30 |
B.1.633 |
AT.1 |
P.5 |
R.1 |
B.1.620 |
B.1.1.7 + B.1.617.2 (XC Recombinant) |
B.1.214.2 |
B.1.619 |
Signals removed after review
Variants under investigation and signals in monitoring may be removed from the grid if they show consistently low growth rates.
AY.33 |
AY.34 |
AY.43 |
B.1.629 |
B.1.630 |
B.1.628 recombinant of (B.1.631 and B.1.634) |
C.1.2 |
C.37 (Lambda) (previously VUI-21JUN-01) |
C.37 (2nd Gen) |
Epsilon (B.1.427/B.1.429) |
P.1.8 |
Variant associated with North America: USA 214insQAS Samples |
Delta + E484K Phylogenetic Cluster |