BN.1.2 with Orf9b:I5V,Orf9b:G31V mostly in Taiwan (81 seqs, 11 countries)

[aviczhl2]

sub-lineage of: BN.1.2
mutations on top of BN.1.2: C16332T, A28296G(orf9b:I5V, N:N8S),G28375T(orf9b:G31V)
GISAID query: A28296G,G28375T
No. of seqs: 23( 3 Australia, 1 Indonesia, 2 Japan, 2 Jiangsu, 1 Malaysia, 1 Singapore(from Taiwan), 4 South Korea(1 from Thailand), 7 Taiwan, 2 USA)
First seq:
EPI_ISL_16135415( South Korea from Thailand) 2022-11-23
Latest seq:
EPI_ISL_17505026(Jiangsu) 2023-4-3

Sequences:
EPI_ISL_16135415, EPI_ISL_16744381, EPI_ISL_16987143,
EPI_ISL_17013587, EPI_ISL_17013785, EPI_ISL_17015420,
EPI_ISL_17039330, EPI_ISL_17058118, EPI_ISL_17079912,
EPI_ISL_17164551, EPI_ISL_17168334, EPI_ISL_17168447,
EPI_ISL_17207418, EPI_ISL_17213322, EPI_ISL_17281712,
EPI_ISL_17294299, EPI_ISL_17295200, EPI_ISL_17323607,
EPI_ISL_17323610, EPI_ISL_17387791, EPI_ISL_17416135,
EPI_ISL_17505626, EPI_ISL_17505638

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[FedeGueli]

@corneliusroemer while this doent seem superfast as expected stemming out from BN.1 backbone , i would highlight that it shows interesting diversity and likely its share in Taiwan is significative:
It got a likely recombination with XBB.1+Orf8:G8* in one sample collected in Illinois:

https://nextstrain.org/fetch/genome.ucsc.edu/trash/ct/subtreeAuspice1_genome_35594_84d460.json?c=gt-ORF1ab_47&label=id:node_7234439
or this recent cluster in Japan with a further (unusual) Spike mutations S:F43Y

[aviczhl2]

57 and in New Zealand.

[aviczhl2]

66 and Austria.

[FedeGueli]

81 seqs as today i think this should be designated . cc @thomasppeacock @corneliusroemer @InfrPopGen