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January 8, 2021
Early Transmissibility Assessment of the N501Y Mutant Strains of SARS-CoV-2 in the United Kingdom, October to November 2020
A model incorporating information from genome sequencing and other epidemiological data suggests that the SARS-CoV-2 mutant strain 501Y Variant 2, which became the dominant strain in England in November and December 2020, has an R0 1.75-times that of the 501N variant, meaning that it is 75% more transmissible. Because of limited genetic sequence data, the…