The UK’s HSA has not classified the latest BA.2.86 Covid variant as a “variant of concern” as it does not meet the HSA’s definition; the agency held that there is a wide range of possibilities for growth fitness.
Last 30 days, in Asean, Cambodia sequenced and shared the highest percentage of reported Covid cases (15%), followed by Singapore (2.4%), Brunei (1.6%), Malaysia (0.7%), Thailand (0.4%) and Indonesia (0.05%). XBB is still the dominant variant in Malaysia.