COVID-19: 168 new cases of Variants of Concern reported from Feb 13 to 19 - Health DG
This brings the overall total number of cases infected with ARS-CoV-2 virus, categorised as VOC and Variant of Interest to 7,754.
Sat Feb 19 2022
Omicron risk remains very high: WHO
The report said Omicron continued to increase its dominance globally over the other variants of concern.
Wed Jan 26 2022
MOH detects 134 new VOC cases from Oct 7-19 - Health DG
The Ministry of Health (MOH) detected 134 new cases involving variants of concern (VOC) of the SARS-CoV-2 virus from Oct 7 to 19, says Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
Tue Oct 19 2021
Delta overwhelming other Covid variants of concern: WHO
Delta has all but elbowed out the three other Covid-19 VOC, which now represent a tiny fraction of the samples being sequenced, WHO said.
Thu Sep 23 2021
265 Delta variant cases detected in the past two weeks
Ongoing studies by three research institutes in the country have identified 265 cases involving Variants of Concern (VOC), namely the Delta variant (B.1.617.2) from Aug 16 to 29.
Tue Aug 31 2021
COVID-19: 10 Delta Variant cases detected within a week
Dr Noor Hisham said the number brought the cumulative cases infected classified as variants of concern and variants of interest to 439 cases.
Wed Jul 28 2021
28 new SARS-COV-2 variant cases detected - Health D-G
Twenty-eight cases of new variants of SARS-COV-2 virus, with 25 cases being Variants of Concern (VOC) and three cases being Variants of Interest (VOI), were reported from June 23 to 30.
Thu Jul 01 2021
COVID: Six more positive cases involving Beta, Delta variants detected
The Health Ministry (MOH) has detected six more COVID-19 positive cases involving variants of concern (VOC) in the country between June 20 and 22.
Thu Jun 24 2021
COVID: MOH detects 22 more positive cases involving Beta , Delta variants
The National Crisis Preparedness and Response Centre (CPRC) of the MOH has detected 22 more COVID-19 positive cases involving two variants of concern (VOCs) between June 11 and yesterday.
Sun Jun 20 2021
COVID: 23 cases involving variants of concern detected - Health DG
The MOH has detected a total of 23 cases of COVID-19 Variants of Concern (VOC) as a result of continuous genomic surveillance from June 3 to June 8.
Thu Jun 10 2021
COVID: MOH detects 19 cases involving variants of concern within 12 days - Health DG
The Ministry of Health has detected a total of 19 Variant of Concern (VOC) COVID-19 cases, namely four Delta variant cases (B.1.617.2) and 15 Beta variant cases (B.1.351) from May 24 till today.
Fri Jun 04 2021
Emergence of new COVID-19 variants worrying - Health DG
Dr Noor Hisham said those VOC spread rapidly and were also linked to high fatality rates.
Tue May 18 2021
COVID-19: Another 30 variants of concern detected in Malaysia
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).
Sun May 02 2021
COVID: 14-day quarantine for returnees from countries with reported VOC
It is a precautionary measure to prevent the spread of the new COVID-19 variants in Malaysia.
Sat Apr 24 2021