1) IMPORTANT: today @WHO held an global multidisciplinary multi-agency seminar re #SARSCoV transmission

Thank you @OutbreakJake @neil_ferguson @SMHopkins @SSI_dk @fiocruz_en @Tuliodna @CDCgov @AfricaCDC @ECDC_EU @nicd_sa @PHE_uk @DrMikeRyan @SCBriand @allegranzib & many others
2) So far, data shows that while there may be ⬆️transmissibility of some variants, the modes of transmission have not changed, & individual level & pop level PHSM work to⬇️spread of the 🦠 variants

Also: re-sharing 🧵bc of so much news about variants https://twitter.com/mvankerkhove/status/1352703378179166211?s=21
@WHO IPC guidelines development group will meet again tomorrow to discuss further (they meet often, as does all our intl #SARSCoV2 technical networks)

I continue to be encouraged by declining incidence in countries where these variants are circulating

Stay the course. #DoItAll
Improving genetic sequencing is key!

Leveraging existing systems like GISRIS and expanding capacities ⬇️ in Africa @WHOAFRO @AfricaCDC @WHO https://twitter.com/whoafro/status/1354832881378594821
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