30 November 2021
Variants like the Omicron were allowed to mutate because of vaccine inequity. The virus will continue to spread, thrive, and mutate among the unvaccinated.
Tag: South African variant
29 November 2021
Khairy Jamaluddin also says he will request additional allocations from the Treasury to boost Covid-19 genomic surveillance capacity; Malaysia’s current genome sequencing capacity is 1,500 samples monthly.
26 November 2021
Malaysia
Malaysia Imposes Quarantine On Travellers Returning From Seven African Countries Amid New Covid-19 Variant
Malaysians and permanent residents returning from South Africa, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, and Zimbabwe will need to undergo mandatory quarantine at quarantine stations regardless of vaccination status.
26 November 2021
The B.1.1.529 variant -- which has 32 mutations in the spike protein, double that of Delta -- has been found in South Africa, Botswana, and Hong Kong.
11 June 2021
We need to connect the variants to trends within states, in an attempt to explain transmissibility or spikes in daily cases.
21 May 2021
Unimas’ Institute of Health & Community Medicine also says the Philippines’ P3 variant has been found in Kuching, Samarahan, and Sibu, while the local Pasai B.1.466.2 variant continues circulating through Sarawak during the fourth wave.
12 May 2021
One new Covid-19 case with the South African B.1.351 variant was infected after vaccination; no other details available. New real-world results from Qatar show Pfizer’s vaccine protects against severe Covid-19 caused by the B.1.351 and UK’s B.1.1.7 variants.
3 May 2021
Health Minister Dr Adham Baba attributes the rise of seriously ill Covid-19 cases, including among people below 60, to either new and aggressive variants, or patients entering hospital late.
26 April 2021
WHO currently categorises India’s double mutant Covid-19 variant as a “variant of interest”, which means the variant is being monitored but is not yet of major concern.
14 April 2021
The 17 locally transmitted cases with the B.1.351 variant, believed to be more contagious, come from three clusters as well as close contact screenings in Selangor.