Covid-19: Eight RT-PCR samples including country’s first Omicron case were negative, says Dr Noor Hisham | Malay Mail

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Covid-19: Eight RT-PCR samples including country’s first Omicron case were negative, says Dr Noor Hisham

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 3 — The result of a Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction test sample of a traveller who was recorded as the first positive Covid-19 Omicron variant in the country was negative.

“The latest were from Perak. All eight RT-PCR samples today were negative including the first Omicron index case in the country and seven close contact cases namely the driver, a university employee, three university students and two roommates,” he said in a tweet tonight.

 

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