A number of COVID-19 variants have appeared, first time in many parts of the world but seems to be spreading to other countries. Increased travel and relaxing will only promote spreading virus variants and controlling the virus spread will be difficult.
Here is an image of collated information from various sources (obviously incomplete) across the Internet.
Here is a list of variants identified by MAKO laboratories.
Here are some links that you may be interested in (the titles are in bold):
Covid-19: The E484K mutation and the risks it poses
https://www.bmj.com/content/372/bmj.n359
Covid-19: Novavax vaccine efficacy is 86% against UK variant and 60% against South African variant
https://www.bmj.com/content/372/bmj.n296
Scientists In US' Oregon Find B.1.1.7 Variant With 'E484K', Mutation Also Found In India
Another New Coronavirus Variant Now Detected In 13 Countries (B.1.125)
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