Covid-19: Another 30 cases of new variants have been detected in Malaysia


KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): The Health Ministry has detected another 30 new cases Covid-19 variants of concern (VOC) in Malaysia - 27 of the South African variant (B.1.351) and three of the United Kingdom (UK) variant (B.117).

Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba said the cases were detected through 59 whole genome sequencing conducted between April 24 and yesterday by the Institute for Medical Research (IMR).

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