Table 2.

The PANGO lineage class for the SARS‐CoV‐2 variants ³⁴ , ³⁵ , ³⁷ , ³⁸

Lineage	The most common countries	Description
A (A.1, A.2, A.2.2, A.2.3, A.2.4, A.2.5, A.2.5.1, A.2.5.2, A.2.5.3, A.3, etc.)	The USA, Arab countries, Japan, China, Germany, etc.	Lineage A is the reason for the pandemic. China is featured in this genealogy with a wide variety of industries including the vast majority of foreign trade partners like Japan, Australia, the United States, South Korea, and Europe.
B (B.1, B.1.1, B.1.1.1, B.1.1.3, B.1.1.4, B.1.1.5, B.1.1.7, Q.1, Q.2, B.58, B.59, B.60, B.61, etc.)	The United Kingdom, The USA, Germany, Spain, Japan, Belgium, Peru, etc.	This is the second most prevalent haplotype.
		A broad European lineage whose origins generally overlap to the Northern Italian pandemic in early 2020.
C (C.1, C.1.1, C,2, C.2.1, C.3, C.2, etc.)	South Africa, Zambia, The USA, Mozambique, etc.	B.1.1.1.1's alias
D (D.2, D.3, D.4, D.5)	Australia, UK, Denmark, Ireland, Sweden, Bangladesh	Alias of B.1.1.25.2, B.1.1.25.3, B.1.1.25.5
G.1	United Kingdom	B.1.258.2.1 is an abbreviation for the UK lineage B.1.258.2.1

Abbreviations: PANGO, phylogenetic assignment of named global outbreak; SARS‐CoV‐2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.