id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-338098-hsy9qts3 Au, Chun Hang Genome Sequences of SARS-CoV-2 Strains Detected in Hong Kong 2020-07-30 .txt text/plain 786 43 52 title: Genome Sequences of SARS-CoV-2 Strains Detected in Hong Kong We sequenced severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) genomes from deep throat saliva samples of three imported cases in Hong Kong by Nanopore sequencing. Epidemiological and clinical features of these coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases were presented for genomic epidemiology studies. We report here the genome sequences of SARS-CoV-2 strains detected from three imported cases in Hong Kong. Case 3 (59-year-old man, HKSH0007) had symptom onset on 21 March after returning from Germany to Hong Kong and tested positive on 1 April. Phylogenetic analysis showed that they descended from European samples (88%, 88%, and 100% confidence for cases 1, 2, and 3, respectively) and were distinct from most other Hong Kong sequences (Fig. 1A) . Although the disease severities of cases 1 and 2 were different, there was no detectable difference between their SARS-CoV-2 genomes (Fig. 1B) . ./cache/cord-338098-hsy9qts3.txt ./txt/cord-338098-hsy9qts3.txt