Highly infectious Omicron variant cases detected in S'wak
The variants are namely BA.2.12.1 and BA.5.
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The variants are namely BA.2.12.1 and BA.5.
One of the four cases has no recent history of travel.
KUCHING, Dec 24 — A total of four cases of the B.1.1.1.529 or Covid-19 Omicron variant have been detected in Sarawak, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) Institute of Health and Community Medicine (ICHM) director Prof David Perera said. He said two of the cases were reported in...
A total of four cases of the B.1.1.1.529 or Covid-19 Omicron variant have been detected in Sarawak, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) Institute of Health and Community Medicine (ICHM) director Prof David Perera said
IHCM director Prof David Perera said all seven cases were detected in Kuching district. "The earliest case we sequenced tested positive by RT-PCR on April 26 and the most recent case tested positive on May 6," he said in a statement on Thursday (May 20). This is the first instance of the South African variant of concern being reported in Sarawak. Prof Perera also said IHCM had detected additional cases of the P3 variant of interest in Samarahan and Sibu. The P3 or B.1.1.28.3 variant, which was first reported in the Philippines in March this year, is characterised by a double mutation shared w...