Beware of Omicron subvariants, Sarawakians told


KUCHING: Sarawakians have been urged to be on alert and to get their booster shots after six cases of the of the highly infectious Covid-19 Omicron subvariants were detected.

Universiti Malaysia Sarawak’s Institute of Health and Community Medicine (IHCM) director Prof Dr David Perera said the first incidences of the BA.2.12.1 and BA.5 subvariants were detected from a case in Kuching and Sibu respectively in the last week of May.

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