QuickCheck: Has the Covid-19 Omicron variant appeared in Perak?


MESSAGES have been going viral claiming that the Covid-19 Omicron variant has been detected in the state of Perak.

Is this true?

Verdict:

FALSE

The Health Ministry denied that this was true.

In a statement on Tuesday (Nov 30), it said there have not been any cases of the Omicron variant detected in Malaysia so far.

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