We conducted the genome sequencing and analysis of the first confirmed COVID-19 infections in Brazil. Rapid sequencing coupled with phylogenetic analyses in the context of travel history corroborate multiple independent importations from Italy and local spread during the initial stage of COVID-19 transmission in Brazil.
Ministry of Health. Bras?lia. DF, Brazil.; Ministry of Health. Bras?lia. DF, Brazil.; Municipal Secretary of Health. Anaj?s, PA, Brazil.; Secretary of Health of Par? State. Bel?m, PA, Brazil.; Minist?rio da Sa?de. Secretaria de Vigil?ncia em Sa?de. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Bel?m, PA, Brasil.; Minist?rio da Sa?de. Secretaria de Vigil?ncia em Sa?de. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Bel?m, PA, Brasil.; Secretary of Heal...