SARS-CoV-2 Introduced Into Scotland Hundreds of Times, Phylogenetic Analysis Finds

Dec 21, 2020

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NEW YORK – SARS-CoV-2 was introduced into Scotland hundreds of times early in the pandemic, a new phylogenetic analysis has found.

The first case of COVID-19 was diagnosed in Scotland on the first of March 2020 and the first month of the outbreak there was marked by more than 2,600 COVID-19 cases, 1,800 hospital admissions, and 126 deaths, leading to lockdown measures being implemented by the 23rd of March.

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