Isolation and rapid sharing of the 2019 novel coronavirus ( <scp>SARS</scp> ‐CoV‐2) from the first patient diagnosed with <scp>COVID</scp> ‐19 in Australia

The ability to rapidly identify, propagate, and internationally share our SARS-CoV-2 isolate is an important step in collaborative scientific efforts to deal effectively with this international public health emergency by developing better diagnostic procedures, vaccine candidates, and antiviral agents.