KAPAR: The Health Ministry is constantly monitoring reports from the World Health Organisation as well as other countries on the new Covid-19 B.1.1.529 variant, now named Omicron, says Khairy JamaluddinThe Health Minister said continuous tracking of developments would help the ministry impose travel restrictions to any country if necessary.
"So we are looking at this variant every day and the travel history of those who tested positive for this variant,” he told reporters at the handover ceremony for the Kapar Health Clinic here Saturday . "If the ministry's risk assessment shows that a country's risk has increased, then it will put the country on a red list and restrictions could be imposed," he said, adding that so far no Omicron cases have been detected in Malaysia.He said three countries have reported Omicron-related cases so far, namely South Africa with 77 cases, Botswana and Hong Kong . - Bernama
Please stop incoming flights from all country already with Omicron.
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