South Cotabato reports its first case of the Lineage B.1.351 Beta variant in a patient who had a history of traveling to Davao City. 2021-08-11
Argentina reports its first cases of the Lineage B.1.617 variant in two people who travelled from Paris, as well as its first case of the Lineage B.1.351 variant in a person who travelled from Spain. 2021-05-10
Malta reports four more cases of the 501.V2 variant that originated in South Africa. 2021-04-23
Wisconsin confirms their first cases of the Lineage P.1 and 501.V2 variant of SARS-CoV-2. 2021-03-26
Washington, D.C. confirms its first cases of the 501.V2 variant from South Africa and the UK variant of SARS-CoV-2. 2021-02-11
Chancellor Sebastian Kurz announces a statewide isolation order in Tyrol beginning February 12 in order to prevent the spread of the 501.V2 variant. Residents will have to present a negative COVID-19 test result from the last 48 hours in order to leave the state. 2021-02-9
South Africa suspends its rollout of the Oxford-AstraZenenca vaccine after research finds that the vaccine is less effective against the 501.V2 variant discovered in the country. 2021-02-7
British Columbia reports their first case of a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 from South Africa. 2021-01-14
Baden-Württemberg reports Germany's first case of new variant of SARS-CoV-2 in a family that travelled from South Africa. 2021-01-12
Chief Medical Officer Tony Holohan announces that three cases of the South African variant of SARS-CoV-2 named 501.V2 variant have been detected in Ireland. All of the people had travelled to South Africa. 2021-01-8