Belgian BA.2 + 9866C sublineage with S:E111Q [200 seq, 1% in Belgium]

[corneliusroemer]

Belgian BA.2 + 9866C sublineage with S:E111Q [200 seq, 1% in Belgium]

Earliest detection was in Rwanda end of last year. It was only spotted in Europe a month later. So this lineage may be common in Rwanda and connected countries. Interestingly, it's appeared in a number of European countries suggesting multiple introductions.

https://cov-spectrum.org/explore/Europe/AllSamples/Past6M/variants?aaMutations=S%3AE1111Q&nucMutations=9866C&pangoLineage=BA.2*&aaMutations1=S%3AE1111Q&nucMutations1=9866C&pangoLineage1=BA.2*&

https://nextstrain.org/fetch/genome.ucsc.edu/trash/ct/subtreeAuspice1_genome_1107b_cb300.json?branchLabel=Spike%20mutations&label=nuc%20mutations:G24893C

[chrisruis]

Thanks @corneliusroemer This is the UShER tree for this clade coloured by country:

There doesn't seem to be a clear epidemiological event associated with this clade so we haven't designated this at this point