Covid-19: Sarawak detects variant reported in the Philippines


KUCHING: A Covid-19 variant previously reported in the Philippines has been detected in Sarawak, according to Universiti Malaysia Sarawak's Institute of Health and Community Medicine (IHCM).

A report prepared by IHCM director Prof David Perera (pic) indicated that the P3 variant was detected in eight out of 484 samples analysed in its genomic surveillance study.

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