PETALING JAYA: With new Covid-19 variants emerging in the country, health experts have warned of the importance of keeping the number of cases low to prevent the spread of more transmissible and severe infections.
The Health Ministry has detected the South Africa B.1.351 Covid-19 variant in several cases in the country, although the source of transmission has not been identified yet.
As at last Saturday, a total of 21 locally-transmitted cases involving the South African variant had been detected.
“The South African variant contains a mutation that could allow the virus to elude some of the antibodies produced through vaccines, ” the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) noted on its website.
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 10: Analysing the data in order to choose the best and the right COVID-19 vaccine for Malaysia’s population is crucial to ensure the.