Table 2.
COVID-19 variants: Showing different names and their documentation
| SARS-CoV-2 variants | Designated as | Earliest documented sample | Designation date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pango lineage | GISAID clade | WHO label | |||
| B.1.1.7 | GRY | Alpha | VOC | United Kingdom September 2020 | 18 December 2020 |
| B.1.351 | GH/501Y.V2 | Beta | VOC |
South Africa May 2020 |
18 December 2020 |
| P.1 | GR/501Y.V3 | Gamma | VOC |
Brazil November 2020 |
11 January 2021 |
| B.1.617.2§ | G/478 K.V1 | Delta | VOC | India October 2020 |
VOI- 4 April 2021 VOC- 11 May 2021 |
| C.37 | GR/452Q.V1 | Lambda | VOI | Peru December 2020 | 14 June 2021 |
| B.1.621 | GH | Mu | VOI | Colombia January 2021 | 30 August 2021 |
|
B.1.427 B.1.429 |
GH/452R.V1 | Epsilon | VUM |
United states of America March-2020 |
6 July 2021 |
| R.1 | GR | VUM |
Multiple countries January 2021 |
7 April 2021 | |
| B.1.466.2 | GH | VUM | Indonesia November 20,202 | 28 April 2021 | |
| B.1.1.318 | GR | VUM |
Multiple countries January 2021 |
2 June 2021 | |
| B.1.1.519 | GR | VUM |
Multiple countries November 2020 |
2 June 2021 | |
| C.36.3 | GR | VUM |
Multiple countries January 2021 |
16 June 2021 | |
| B.1.214.2 | G | VUM |
Multiple countries November 2020 |
30 June 2021 | |
| B.1.1.523 | GR | VUM |
Multiple countries May 2020 |
14 July 2021 | |
| B.1.619 | G | VUM |
Multiple countries May 2020 |
14 July 2021 | |
| B.1.620 | G | VUM |
Multiple countries November 2020 |
14 July 2021 | |