Variants of concern have evidence of an increase in transmissibility, more severe disease (increased hospitalizations or deaths), significant reduction in neutralization by antibodies generated during previous infection or vaccination, reduced effectiveness of treatments or vaccines, or diagnostic detection failures.
For more information on these variants of concern visit CDC's Variant Surveillance or Wisconsin DHS Emerging SARS-CoV-2 Variants.
Variants Being Monitored include variants where there has been data to suggest an impact on medical interventions or are assocated with increased transmission or severity but are currently circulating at low levels.
For more information on these variants visit CDC's Variant Surveillance or Wisconsin DHS Emerging SARS-CoV-2 Variants.