MMWR Early Release: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, January 15, 2021: Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 Lineage -- United States, December 29, 2020-January 12, 2021   [open pdf - 268KB]

The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Series is prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). [It] is the agency's primary vehicle for scientific publication of timely, reliable, authoritative, accurate, objective, and useful public health information and recommendations. This early release issue of MMWR contains the following article: "Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 [severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2] B.1.1.7 Lineage -- United States, December 29, 2020-January 12, 2021." Notifiable Diseases and Mortality Tables from this issue can be accessed at the following link [http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/index2021.html]