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Covid-19: Health Ministry confirms first two cases of Delta subvariant

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KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): The Health Ministry (MOH) has confirmed the discovery of the first two cases of Covid-19 subvariant Delta AY.4.2 in the country, involving imported cases of Malaysian students returning from the United Kingdom.

In a statement on Saturday , Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the cases were detected when the individuals arrived at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport on Oct 2.

Dr Noor Hisham said the AY.4 variant is among 75 types of lineages originating from the Delta variant and among the sublineages of AY.4 is the AY.4.2 variant, which is also known as Delta Plus. "The vaccine used now is still effective against this variant and measures such as quarantine, testing, and so on carried out can help reduce the risk of transmission of this variant in Malaysia, especially at the country’s international gateways.

 

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