Research and analysis

Juniper consortium: Notes on the new SARS-CoV-2 variant, 22 December 2020

Notes prepared by the Juniper (Joint Universities Pandemic and Epidemological Research) consortium for the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE).

• From: Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies
• Published: 22 January 2021

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Notes on the new SARS-CoV-2 variant - 22 December 2020

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Paper prepared by the Juniper consortium regarding the patterns and growth rates of the new SARS-CoV-2 variant. It was considered at SAGE 74 on 22 December 2020.

The paper is the assessment of the evidence at the time of writing. As new evidence or data emerges, SAGE updates its advice accordingly.

This paper should be read alongside the SPI-M-O:Consensus statement on COVID-19, 22 December 2020 released under SAGE 74.

Section 3 of this paper includes analysis of households from the ONS COVID-19 Infection Survey.

These documents are released as pre-print publications that have provided the government with rapid evidence during an emergency. These documents have not been peer-reviewed and there is no restriction on authors submitting and publishing this evidence in peer-reviewed journals.

Published 22 January 2021