KP.2.3(no 31del)+S:T572I(307 seqs, >10 places )

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From sars-cov-2-variants/lineage-proposals#1735
There is another T572I branch under KP.2.3 besides KP.2.3.6. Unlike the FULL QUAD KP.2.3.6, this one emerges before the S:S31del(which is in most but not all KP.2.3s)

KP.2.3(no 31del)+C23277T(S:T572I)
GISAID query: C22000A, C23277T, G25593T, -del21653, -28714
No. of seqs: 115(Australia 1 Canada 11 UK 2 Singapore 2 Ireland 1 Israel 9 New Zealand 7 Spain 1 USA 80(2 from France))

First: EPI_ISL_19233571, 2024-4-16, USA
Latest: EPI_ISL_19313288, 2024-7-29, Canada

I checked the KP.2.3+S:T572I branch, it seems that the largest ones (C7420T branch and C19089T, C23533T branch ) do not have S:S31del. So we shall assume T572I comes first after direct no-31-del KP.2.3.
Designation can safely starts at S:T572I.

usher

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132, Italy, UAE

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194, Sweden

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209, Mexico

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220, China

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242, Slovenia, Luxembourg

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246 Australia

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Now 262 seqs
Tracked in issue2722
usher

@corneliusroemer Is this branch worth a designation?

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261 ,greece

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284

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15/289 from september likely dying off

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Designated Kp.2.3.8 via f04d7b5#diff-a121ea4b8cbeb4c0020511b5535bf24489f0223cc83511df7b8209953115d329R2576617