Tracking the emergence of new SARS-CoV-2 variants in South Africa

A large genomic surveillance effort in South Africa produced 1,365 high-quality whole genomes of SARS-CoV-2; this has identified 16 new lineages of the virus that had not been identified in other countries.

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A large genomic surveillance effort in South Africa identified 16 new lineages of SARS-CoV-2 through the analysis of 1,365 high-quality whole genomes, which had not been previously identified in other countries.