Questions about new strain 21k

Hi! I wanna ask how this emerging strain “21k” is defined? It this the recently b.1.1.529? Thanks!

Yes I too would like to know more about the emerging variant Omicron.

Hello,

if you’re looking for definitions of the 21K clade (and all other Nextclade’s variants), you can find them here: ncov/clades.tsv at master · nextstrain/ncov · GitHub

21K (Omicron) 	nuc 	8393 	A
21K (Omicron) 	nuc 	13195 	C
21K (Omicron) 	nuc 	18163 	G
21K (Omicron) 	nuc 	25000 	T
21K (Omicron) 	nuc 	27259 	C

From my experience, yes the lineage B.1.1.529 is included in the 21K clade.

I have recently posted about a procedure to systematically get the correspondence between Pangolin’s lineages and Nextclade’s clades. My question is in approval:)

Best,
Amina