Covid-19: 119 new cases involving variants of concern identified, says Health DG


PETALING JAYA: A total of 119 new cases involving variants of concern (VOC) have been identified including 106 cases of the Delta variant, says Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah (pic).

The Health director-general said that ongoing studies by the Institute of Medical Research (IMR) and the Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) Institution of Community Health and Medicine (IHCM) have identified the other VOCs as 10 Beta variant cases (B.1.351) and three Alpha variant cases (B.1.1.7).

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