EARLY RELEASE: Detection of B.1.351 SARS-CoV-2 Variant Strain - Zambia, December 2020

Published on February 17, 2021

This report describes detection of the B.1.351 variant in Zambia that establishes an epidemiologic linkage between COVID-19 outbreaks in Zambia and South Africa.

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