S African variant cases in S’wak
Published on: Friday, May 21, 2021
By: Bernama
KUCHING: Seven cases of the South African B.1.351 variant of the Covid-19 virus have been detected in Kuching district recently, according to the Institute of Health and Community Medicine (IHCM) of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas).IHCM, in a statement Thursday, said the variant was detected following its genome sequencing analysis.ADVERTISEMENT Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express’s Telegram channel.
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“The earliest case (of South African variant) we sequenced was tested positive by RT-PCR on the 26th of April and the most recent case tested positive on the 6th of May.
“We have also detected additional cases of the Philippine variant or the P.3 variant in Samarahan and Sibu,” according to IHCM director Prof Dr David Perera in a statement, Thursday.