Carian mengenai topik Benteng LD cluster

Dr Mahathir Mohamad has described Muhyiddin Yassin as a weak prime minister, who needs the support of Umno and PAS to keep him and his Perikatan Nasional government in power.

Meanwhile, in a separate story, the number of active Covid-19 cases exceeded 500 today as the Benteng LD cluster continues to swell.

The Health Ministry said it has detected 182 new cases in the 24 hours up to noon today. Together with 14 people who had just recovered, this brings the number of active cases to 501.

The new COVID-19 mutation, A701V which was detected in the Benteng LD cluster in Sabah has passed on to the vast majority of third wave clusters in Peninsular Malaysia and Sabah.

Health deputy director-general (research and technical support) Dr Hishamshah Mohd Ibrahim said genomic sequencing will be conducted in labs if a new strain is detected.

The new A701B mutation was detected after the ministry conducted tests on 60 samples from the Benteng LD cluster in Sabah.

The D614G mutation of the COVID-19 virus found in the Benteng LD Cluster in Sabah originated from Indonesia and the Philippines, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

Of the 79 local transmissions, 53 involved Malaysians while 26 more were foreigners.

The new COVID-19 cases involved 40 local transmissions and 12 imported cases.

After 17 straight days of no fatality, one death was recorded today to take the death toll to 129.

Malaysia recorded 23 new COVID-19 cases today, and the detection of the new Pulau Cluster in Sabah.

Malaysia recorded a big jump in new COVID-19 positive cases to 62 cases today compared with only six cases reported yesterday.

He said the three import cases reported in Federal Territory were infections from Indonesia and Bangladesh and they all involved foreigners.

The Benteng LD cluster in Sabah recorded another seven cases, bringing the total number new cases in the cluster reported today to 14.