Covid-19: Second patient with B117 mutation detected in Malaysia, reveals Dr Noor Hisham | Malay Mail

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Covid-19: Second patient with B117 mutation detected in Malaysia, reveals Dr Noor Hisham

Friday, 05 Feb 2021 10:04 PM MYTMSU Hospital personnel take a swab at a Covid-19 drive-through screening in Shah Alam January 14, 2021. A second case of the B117 strain of the Covid-19 virus has been detected in Malaysia today, said Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. ― Picture by Miera Zulyana

The Health Ministry’s director-general said the latest case is of a traveller that recently returned to Malaysia from the Middle East. Also present during the teleconference was Institute of Medical Research’s Virology unit chief Dr Ravindran Thayan, who revealed the latest carrier of the B117 strain had recently returned from the United Arab Emirates.

“So we are constantly doing surveillance where up to now there are only two of these B117 cases in Malaysia,” Dr Ravindran added.

 

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