Philippine P.3 variant detected in Sarawak


KUCHING: The Philippine or the P.3 variant of the virus behind Covid-19 – the SARS-CoV-2 – has been detected in Sarawak, says the state Covid-19 Advisory Group (Scovag).

In a statement yesterday, Scovag said the variant was detected by the Institute of Health and Community Medicine (IHCM) of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak in its genome sequencing analysis last week.

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