JG.3.2 sublineage defined by insertion S:212insERY (or 213RYR vs XBB ref) only [298, mostly Canada, US]

[corneliusroemer]

There's a JG.3.2 sublineage in Canada that is defined by a Spike insertion S:212insERY only - there's no defining SNP compared to JG.3.2 unfortunately.

GISAID query: ins214YRR

It seems to be not doing too badly as it has popped up in multiple states in Canada. The location is one that's known for insertions, so not surprising.

There's nothing we can do here in terms of designation - all we can do is hope that there will be one SNP that has encompasses most of this lineage and designate that were we to designate.

It's also been sequenced in the US twice

Covspectrum: ins_S:212:ERY (Edited)