Emergence of B.1.524(G) SARS-CoV-2 in Malaysia during the third COVID-19 epidemic wave

• Main Authors: Tan, Kim-Kee, Tan, Jia-Yi, Wong, Jo-Ern, Teoh, Boon-Teong, Tiong, Vunjia, Abd-Jamil, Juraina, Nor'e, Siti-Sarah, Khor, Chee-Sieng, Johari, Mohd Iskandar Jefree, Yaacob, Che-Norainon, Zulkifli, Mulya-Mustika-Sari, CheMatSeri, AsmaAnati, Mahfodz, Nur-Hidayana, Azizan, Noor Syahida, AbuBakar, Sazaly
• Format: Article
• Published: Nature Research 2021
• Subjects: R Medicine; RA Public aspects of medicine; RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/34665/

The COVID-19 pandemic first emerged in Malaysia in Jan 2020. As of 12th Sept 2021, 1,979,698 COVID-19 cases that occurred over three major epidemic waves were confirmed. The virus contributing to the three epidemic waves has not been well-studied. We sequenced the genome of 22 SARS-CoV-2 strains det...