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On Thursday the Union Health Ministry called for rigorous screening of passengers from South Africa, Botswana and Hong Kong, as well as their contacts.

The new strain B.1.1.529, its scientific name, is believed to have emerged in Botswana and could eventually be named 'Nu'.

Know all about COVID-19 new variant that is worse than Delta - Full list of mutated strains - South Africa has requested an urgent sitting of a WHO working group on virus evolution on Friday to discuss the new variant.

New variant earlier today. lets listen to what he said. >> certainly there is a new variant that is now in south africa, that has some mutations that are raising some concerns, particularly with regard to possibly transmisability increase and possibly evasion of immune response. we dont know that for sure right now. this is really something thats in motion, and we just arranged right now a discussion between our scientists and the south african scientists a little bit later in the morning. >> wh...

GEORGE TOWN: Getting a hetero­logous booster shot is safe and highly protective, says a virologist.

Despite a long festive season and falling temperatures, the country seems to have dodged another deadly wave. Or has it?

The mutated form of coronavirus is spreading particularly fast here research reveals

Daily new cases have dropped to below 10,000.

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KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): The Health Ministry (MOH) has confirmed the discovery of the first two cases of Covid-19 subvariant Delta AY.4.2 in the country, involving imported cases of Malaysian students returning from the United Kingdom.