Talk:South African COVID variant

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Google reveals 4.5 million results (archived) of "South African coronavirus variant" and related terms (see below) as of 13 January 2021. Some government/media sources used it as a name, some used it colloquially. These are the names in most common (colloquial) usage, as compared to 501.V2 variant. Below is a shortlist of sources of these terms. denote scientific sources.


 * "South African variant"
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 * "South African COVID variant"
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 * "South Africa COVID variant"
 * "South African COVID-19 variant"
 * South Africa's COVID-19 variant
 * "South African COVID-19 variant"
 * South Africa's COVID-19 variant
 * South Africa's COVID-19 variant
 * South Africa's COVID-19 variant


 * "South African coronavirus variant"


 * "South Africa's coronavirus variant"