Health DG: 28 new Covid-19 variant cases detected


  • Nation
  • Thursday, 01 Jul 2021

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Twenty-eight cases of new variants of Covid-19 virus, with 25 cases being Variants of Concern (VOC) and three cases being Variants of Interest (VOI), were reported from June 23 to 30.

Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, in a statement, said of the 28 new variant cases, 18 cases were Delta variant (B.1.617.2), five Beta variants (B.1.351), three Kappa variants (B.1.617.1) and two Alpha variants (B.1.1.7).

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