A rather new #SARSCoV2 variant B.1.525 has been identified in some countries, e.g. England & the U.S.

Id dates in photo below from https://cov-lineages.org/global_report_B.1.525.html.

There is however no evidence so far that it causes increased transmission or disease severity.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-variants/english-health-authority-says-38-cases-of-new-covid-variant-found-idUSKBN2AG1U7

2) The new variant has the #E484K spike mutation (also found in the South African variant B.1.351) ->

Here's a great thread on how this an other variants have been identified in Connecticut, U.S. https://twitter.com/NathanGrubaugh/status/1361843948159963136

3) The variant also has the #spike gene deletion (del 69-70) that will make it show up as an S gene target failure (”dropout”) – meaning one can add a qPCR reaction to detect it, but this won't distinguish it from e.g. B.1.1.7 using just qPCR. https://twitter.com/arambaut/status/1360164332508749824?s=20

4) As shown in the first figure, Denmark (and also Finland) seem to have detected some cases of the #B1525 variant: https://twitter.com/MadsAlbertsen85/status/1361009361636753408?s=20