Two confirmed cases of the virus in Daxing district are new coronavirus variants found in the UK

This afternoon, at the 215th press conference on the prevention and control of the outbreak of new coronavirus pneumonia in Beijing, Pang Xingfire, deputy director of the Beijing Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said that on January 19, the city CDC conducted genome-wide sequencing and analysis of samples of the new coronavirus that reported 2 locally confirmed cases in Daxing District on January 17.
results suggest that the two cases of the virus belong to the L genotype European family branch 1 (B.1.1.7), the same transmission chain.
The virus has no genetic association with previously reported local cases in Beijing and viruses imported from abroad, no genetic association with the virus in recent local cases in other provinces of the country, and is highly similar to the new coronavirus variant found in the United Kingdom.
reviewed by the China Center for Disease Control and Prevention, it is believed that the two confirmed cases of the virus is a new coronavirus variant found in the United Kingdom, the source of infection is initially determined to be imported from abroad.
( Beijing Evening News reporter Fu Yang Xujun Li Wei)