Amadziwika kuti SARS_COV19 wotchedwa P1. Mtundu watsopano wa kachilomboka ndi kufalikira ku South America, makamaka Brazil, Panama, Cape Verde, komanso ku Portugal.
Asayansi padziko lonse lapansi akufunafuna zambiri. Sizikudziwika ngati kachilomboka kali kale ku UK, koma milandu idapezeka ku Japan idatumizidwa ndi apaulendo ochokera ku Brazil.
M'mbuyomu kupsyinjika kwatsopano kotchedwa B.1.1.7 kudapezeka ku UK ndi South Africa zomwe zidapangitsa kuti malire atsekeredwe ku UK ku Europe ndi madera ena ambiri padziko lapansi.
Ku South Africa, madotolo ndi ofufuza akumenya nkhondo yachiwiri ya milandu ya Covid-19 akuphunzira zosiyana zatsopano ndi gawo lanji lomwe limagwira pakukwera kwamilandu komweko. Zosiyanasiyana, zotchedwa B.1.351, zadziwika mu zitsanzo kuyambira Okutobala. Sizinapezeke ku US
Mtundu waposachedwa kwambiri komanso waposachedwa kwambiri wa coronavirus wabwera ku Brazil ndikupangitsa United Kingdom kuletsa ndege zomwe zikubwera kuchokera ku South America, Panama, Portugal ndi Cape Verde.
Ndege zidzaletsedwa kutera nthawi ya 4 koloko ku UK Lachisanu, Secretary of Transport a Grant Shapps atero pa Twitter. Kuletsedwa kwa Chipwitikizi chifukwa cha "kulumikizana kwake mwamphamvu ndi Brazil," adatero.