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Description
Proposal for new lineage C.1
by Andrew Rambaut
Description
Sub-lineage of: B.1.1.1
Earliest sequence: England/LIVE-A4D52/2020 | 2020-03-02
Most recent sequence: England/QEUH-888FDE/2020 | 2020-07-27
Countries circulating: Predominantly UK lineage spanning March to end of July (probably still circulating). Other countries are mainly singletons or small clusters
Genomes
List of genomes, collated 2020-08-14, attached.
Evidence
Phylogenetic tree PDF image. Proposed lineage C.1 labels in red:
B.1.1.1.tree.pdf
Phylogenetic tree file:
B.1.1.1.tree.txt
Proposed lineage name
C.1 (this is the first sub-lineage of B.1.1.1 and instead of B.1.1.1.1 it becomes C.1)