Talk:U.K. Covid-19 variant

Google reveals 5.8 million results of "UK COVID-19 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 lede.

• "State Health Department Confirms First Case of U.K. COVID Variant in Louisiana (press release)". Office of the Governor of Louisiana. 2021-01-16.

• "France announces 6pm curfew amid fears of UK COVID variant spreading across the country". Yahoo News UK. 2021-01-15.

• "First case of UK variant found in Georgia, state's health department says". CNN. 2020-01-06. Archived from the original on 2020-01-06.
• "More Contagious Variant Of COVID-19 Reaches Florida".
  NBC Miami and Florida Department of Health. 2021-01-01. Florida has evidence of the first identified case of the UK COVID-19 variant in Martin County. The individual is a male in his 20s with no history of travel. The Department is working with the CDC on this investigation. {{cite news}}: Check |archiveurl= value (help
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• "UK COVID-19 variant detected in US: What we know about the Colorado cases". American Broadcasting Company. 2020-12-31.

• "Joint statement on first COVID-19 U.K. variant case in B.C." Government of British Columbia (press release). 2020-12-27.

• "Ontario identifies 1st cases of COVID-19 variant detected in the U.K." Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 2020-12-27.

• "UK COVID-19 variant detected in Israel, health ministry says". Reuters. London. 2020-12-24.

• "UK to ban travel from South Africa over new variant; Canada approves Moderna vaccine - as it happened". The Guardian. London. 2020-12-24. Archived from the original on 2020-12-26.

• "Little certain about UK COVID variant except continued spread". Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, University of Minnesota. 2020-12-23.