Omicron variant: Necessary to understand health info for smooth daily life
KUCHING: Considering the emergence of the Covid-19 Omicron variant it is important for people to understand some essential health information so that they could go about their daily lives with as little disruption as possible, said Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian. Commenting on reports that seven local Omicron cases had been […]
Proactive measures crucial to curb Omicron threat
KUCHING: The Federal government should increase the public healthcare and genomic surveillance capacity and ramp up COVID-19 vaccination exponentially in order to proactively deal with the Omicron threat. Bandar Kuching MP Dr Kelvin Yii said this is to ensure there would not be an uncontrollable surge to overwhelm the country’s health system again and cause […]
RTK-Antigen, rT-PCR tests effective in detecting Omicron variant
SHAH ALAM: The RTK-Antigen and rT-PCR tests to detect Covid-19 infection are effective in detecting the Omicron variant of the virus, says Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin. He said he was informed of this by experts from the Institute of Medical Research (IMR) but tests were still being conducted to know more about this variant. “The rT-PCR […]
No new virus variant B.1.1.529 detected in Sarawak
KUCHING: There is no new Covid-19 virus variant B.1.1.529 detected in Sarawak thus far, clarified the State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC). According to the committee, as a measure for the early detection of new variants in the community, laboratories at Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) and Clinical Research Center (CRC) Sibu will continue to conduct genomic […]
New cases involving VOC detected in Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 261 new cases of Covid-19 involving Variants of Concern (VOC) was detected in the country between Oct 20 until 28 with the Delta variant recording the highest number of cases at 259. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the other two cases detected were of Beta variant. He said the variants […]
392 cases involving variants of concern detected
KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 392 positive Covid-19 cases involving variants of concern (VOC) was detected in the country from Sept 25 until yesterday (Oct 6), according to Health director-General Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. Of the total, he said 384 cases were of the Delta variant and eight others were of Beta variant. Dr Noor […]
Another 30 variants of coronavirus detected
KUALA LUMPUR: The Health Ministry has detected another 30 Covid-19 variants of concern (VOC) in Malaysia — 27 of the South African variant (B.1.351) and three of the United Kingdom (UK) variant (B.117). Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba said the cases were detected through 59 whole-genome sequencings conducted between April 24 and yesterday […]