Multiple Early Introductions of SARS-CoV-2 to Cape Town, South Africa
Cape Town was the first city in South Africa to experience the full impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.We acquired samples from all suspected cases and their contacts during the first month of the pandemic from Tygerberg Hospital.Nanopore sequencing generated SARS-CoV-2 whole genomes.Phylogenetic inference with maximum likel