Talk:U.K. Coronavirus variant

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See also: Request for Comment for UK- usage on the talk page of VOC 202012/01

Google reveals 5.4 million results of "UK coronavirus variant" (archived url) as of 4 January 2021. Some government/media sources used it as a name, some used it colloquially. It is one of the top four terms in common (colloquial) usage, including U.K. Covid-19 variant, U.K. Coronavirus variant, U.K. variant and U.K. strain (click the above links for a list of source). The consensus on Request for Comment for UK- usage on the talk page of VOC 202012/01 is to include these terms prominently in the article's lead.

• "CDC says U.K. coronavirus variant could become predominant strain in U.S. by March". NBC News. 2021-01-16.

• "Europe tightens lockdowns to ward off U.K. coronavirus variant". Fortune. 2021-01-15.

• "WHO calls for more intensified measures to fight UK coronavirus variant". CNN. 2021-01-07.

• "Fears UK coronavirus variant causes significant symptoms in children". Australian Broadcasting Corporation Radio. 2020-01-06.

• "Turkey finds 15 people carrying new U.K. coronavirus variant". Associated Press. 2021-01-02. Archived from the original on 2021-01-02.

• "Study Confirms New U.K. Coronavirus Variant Is Substantially More Transmissible". Forbes. 2020-01-01.

• "How Worried Should We Be About The New U.K. Coronavirus Variant?". National Public Radio. Washington, D.C. 2020-12-24.

• "The U.K. Coronavirus Variant: What We Know". New York Times. 2020-12-21.

• "UK coronavirus variant may be more able to infect children: scientists". Reuters. London. 2020-12-22.