Here's the latest variant picture for New Zealand.
EG.5.* "Eris" (53%) was still dominant, as of late October, but was beginning to wane.
XBB.1.9.* "Hyperion" began rising during October.
BA.2.86.* "Pirola" (2%) was not significant.
#COVID19 #NZ #EG_5 #Eris #XBB_1_9 #Hyperion #BA_2_86 #Pirola
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Here's the latest variant picture for New Zealand.
XBB.1.5.* "Kraken" (28%) has rebounded to overtake CH.1.1.* "Orthrus" (25%). XBB.1.16.* "Arcturus" (16%) and XBB.1.9.* "Hyperion" (19%) are still significant.
The new EG.5.* variant (5%) is present and growing, but is not significant yet.
The vigorous mix of variants implies increased immediate reinfection risks for those relying on immunity from a prior infection. Every variant is a minority of the recent samples.
The sample volumes seem representative up to July 10.
#COVID19 #NZ #XBB_1_5 #Kraken #CH_1_1 #Orthrus #XBB_1_16 #Arcturus #XBB_1_9 #Hyperion
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Here's the latest variant picture for Western Australia.
"Deltacron" XBC.* (31%) and XBB.1.16.* "Arcturus" (31%) are the leading variants in a messy soup.
Among the individual lineages, there was recent growth in XBB.1.9.1 (12%) - a "Hyperion" sub-lineage.
The XBC.1.3 sub-lineage (14%) is the most common from that variant, vs XBC.1.6.* in South Australia.
The mix of very different variants poses a raised immediate re-infection risk for anyone relying on natural immunity from a recent infection.
The sample volumes seem representative up to July 6.
#COVID19 #Australia #QLD #Brisbane #XBB_1_16 #Arcturus #XBB_1_9 #Hyperion #XBC #Deltacron @auscovid19
Interactive genomic sequencing dataviz, code, acknowledgements and more info here:
https://github.com/Mike-Honey/covid-19-genomes#readme
Here's the latest variant picture for Queensland, Australia.
XBB.1.16.* "Arcturus" (30%), XBB.1.9.* "Hyperion" (24%) and "Deltacron" XBC.* (22%) are the leading variants in a messy soup.
Among the individual lineages, there was recent growth in EG.1 (9%) - a "Hyperion" sub-lineage.
The mix of very different variants poses a raised immediate re-infection risk for anyone relying on natural immunity from a recent infection.
The sample volumes seem representative up to July 2.
#COVID19 #Australia #QLD #Brisbane #XBB_1_16 #Arcturus #XBB_1_9 #Hyperion #XBC #Deltacron @auscovid19
Interactive genomic sequencing dataviz, code, acknowledgements and more info here:
https://github.com/Mike-Honey/covid-19-genomes#readme
Here's the latest variant picture for New South Wales, Australia.
XBB.1.9.* "Hyperion" (29%) and XBB.1.16.* "Arcturus" (28%) are the leading variants in a messy soup.
Among the individual lineages, there was recent growth in XBB.1.16.2 (11%).
The mix of very different variants poses a raised immediate re-infection risk for anyone relying on natural immunity from a recent infection.
The sample volumes seem representative up to July 4.
#COVID19 #Australia #NSW #Sydney #XBB_1_9 #Hyperion #XBB_1_16 #Arcturus @auscovid19
Interactive genomic sequencing dataviz, code, acknowledgements and more info here:
https://github.com/Mike-Honey/covid-19-genomes#readme
Here's the latest variant picture for New Zealand.
CH.1.1.* "Orthrus" (36%) rebounded to a leading position, in a close contest with XBB.1.16.* "Arcturus" (29%) and XBB.1.9.* "Hyperion" (29%).
The vigorous mix of variants implies increased immediate reinfection risks for those relying on immunity from a prior infection. Every variant is a minority of the recent samples.
The sample volumes seem representative up to June 22. Unfortunately, the update cycle for NZ seems to have fallen back to once a month. Any successful new variant will likely already be widespread by the time it appears in this data. More timely summarised frequencies are shared weekly (not via GISAID), but for a very limited set of variants.
#COVID19 #NZ #CH_1_1 #Orthrus #XBB_1_16 #Arcturus #XBB_1_9 #Hyperion
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Here's the latest variant picture for Victoria.
XBB.1.16.* "Arcturus" (34%) is taking it's turn to dominate, following XBB.1.9.* "Hyperion" (24%).
XBB.1.5.* "Kraken" (13%) has been declining steadily.
The mix of very different variants poses a raised immediate re-infection risk for anyone relying on natural immunity from a recent infection.
#COVID19 #Australia #VIC #Melbourne #XBB_1_16 #Arcturus #XBB_1_9 #Hyperion #XBB_1_5 #Kraken @auscovid19
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Here's the latest variant picture for China.
XBB.1.9.* "Hyperion" (39%) was driving the 2nd wave of recombinant lineages, with perhaps some slow growth for XBB.1.16.* "Arcturus" (24%).
There was a fairly dramatic surge in XBB.1.22.* "Bellatrix" (60%) in early June. Note that the samples from June 6 onwards are almost all from Hubei province (Wuhan region).
This looks like a clear signal of a fresh wave of reinfections. I couldn't find any current info on the situation in Hubei.
The sample volumes seem representative up to June 1, perhaps a week later for Hubei province.
#COVID19 #China #Hubei #XBB_1_9 #Hyperion #XBB_1_22 #Bellatrix
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Here's the latest variant picture for the United Kingdom.
XBB.1.9.* "Hyperion" (39%) is driving the current wave, taking over from XBB.1.5 "Kraken" (26%).
XBB.1.16.* "Arcturus" (21%) is also rising.
The mix of very different variants poses a raised immediate re-infection risk for anyone relying on natural immunity from a recent infection.
Here's the latest variant picture for Western Australia.
XBB.1.9.* "Hyperion" (40%) and XBB.1.16.* "Arcturus" (31%), appear to be battling for dominance
The sample volumes seem representative up to June 1.
#COVID19 #Australia #WA #Perth #XBB_1_9 #Hyperion #XBB_1_16 #Arcturus @auscovid19
Interactive genomic sequencing dataviz, code, acknowledgements and more info here:
https://github.com/Mike-Honey/covid-19-genomes#readme
Mike Honey