SARS-CoV-2 lineage B.6 was the major contributor to early pandemic transmission in Malaysia.

• Main Authors: Yoong Min Chong (Author), I-Ching Sam (Author), Jennifer Chong (Author), Maria Kahar Bador (Author), Sasheela Ponnampalavanar (Author), Sharifah Faridah Syed Omar (Author), Adeeba Kamarulzaman (Author), Vijayan Munusamy (Author), Chee Kuan Wong (Author), Fadhil Hadi Jamaluddin (Author), Yoke Fun Chan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Malaysia had 10,219 confirmed cases of COVID-19 as of September 20, 2020. About 33% were associated with a Tablighi Jamaat religious mass gathering held in Kuala Lumpur between February 27 and March 3, 2020, which drove community transmission during Malaysia's second wave. We analysed genome se...