KOTA KINABALU: Sabah health authorities have dismissed claims over social media that the Indian Covid-19 variant has reached the state’s shores.
Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah had said 56 cases of variants of concern had been reported in the country as well as three variants of interest. One such case involved the B.1.617.1 double mutation strain from India. The government has imposed a temporary ban on flights to and from India to prevent the spread of the new variant from the country, starting April 28.
The state subsequently added travellers from Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka on the list to prevent virus variants entering Sabah.
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