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KUCHING: The Philippine variant or the P.3 variant of the Covid-19 virus have been detected in Sarawak, according to Sarawak Covid-19 Advisory Group (SCOVAG).
SCOVAG in a statement today said the variant was detected by the Institute of Health and Community Medicine (IHCM) of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) in its genome sequencing analysis last week.
IHCM director Prof Dr David Perera said the P.3 variant was found in four samples received from Kuching and four samples from Samarahan.“These mutations have been associated with immune-escape from both vaccine-induced and natural infection protection, and greater transmissibility,” he said.
Saturday, 13 Mar 2021 11:21 AM MYT
The director of Institute of Health and Community Medicine (IHCM), Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) said the B1-like variant was identified in Sibu and associated with the Pasai Cluster while the B.1.470 variant identified in Kuching. AFP pic
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KUCHING, March 13 Investigations of the Covid-19 genetic code from different infected individuals in the state have shown at least two separate SARS-COV-2 variants co-circulating in the current fourth wave of the pandemic, said Prof Dr David Perera.
The director of Institute of Health and Community Medicine (IHCM), Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) said the B1-like variant was identified in Sibu and associated with the Pasai Cluster while the B.1.470 variant identified in Kuching.
10 Mar 2021 / 07:16 H.
KUCHING: The resemblance was striking. Walking into the laboratory of the Institute of Health and Community Medicine (IHCM) of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) was like moving from one scene to another in a popular American forensics crime drama ‘CSI: Crime Scene Investigation’.
The ‘mood’ of the lab, with the immaculately placed microscopes, petri dishes and test tubes, is familiar with what viewers of the hit television series often see when the actors work their way with forensics science to solve murders.
But instead of finding the perpetrators of any crime, this particular lab scrutinises organisms which are the cause of infectious diseases in Sarawak and the island of Borneo as a whole.
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