MAP OF CONFIRMED CASES OF B.1.1.529 VARIANT
*) The Bavarian Health Ministry in Germany told us that two probable cases, contrary to what had previously been reported, have not yet been confirmed. "The VOC-PCR together with the travel history raised a high level of suspicion, the whole genome sequencing will provide certainty," a spokeswoman said.
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B.1.1.529 VARIANT DATA FROM GISAID
| Country | Omicron cases number of sequenced genomes | share of total sequences last 4 weeks |
 South Africa | 99 | 70% |
 Botswana | 17 | 17% |
 Hong Kong | 2 | 8% |
 Italy | 1 | 0% |
 Israel | 1 | 0% |
 Belgium | 1 | 0% |
Source: The above data is made available in the GISAID-database. We gratefully thank the originating and submitting laboratories for the sequence data in GISAID EpiCoV on which the above table is based.
Important note: The data in the above table does not necessarily represent the total amount of sequenced genomes as a country might not submit every sequenced genome to the GISAID EpiCoV database.
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