PETALING JAYA: An individual who was detected with the Indian Covid-19 variant (B.1.617) in the country only tested positive for the virus two weeks after arriving here from overseas, says Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
The Health director-general said that the individual, who eventually died of the disease, had arrived in Malaysia on April 7.
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