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JUNIPER: Potential community transmission of B.1.617.2 inferred by S-gene positivity - briefing note, 11 May 2021

Paper prepared by the JUNIPER (Joint Universities Pandemic and Epidemological Research) Consortium on variant B.1.617.2.

• From: Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies
• Published: 21 May 2021

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JUNIPER: Potential community transmission of B.1.617.2 inferred by S-gene positivity - briefing note, 11 May 2021

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Preliminary analysis from the JUNIPER consortium on potential community transmission of B.1.617.2. It was considered at SAGE 89 on 13 May 2021.

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 paper SPI-M-O: Consensus statement on COVID-19, also released under SAGE 89.

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 These documents have not been peer-reviewed and there is no restriction on authors submitting and publishing this evidence in peer-reviewed journals.

Redactions in this document have been made to remove any security markings.

Published 21 May 2021