9 Covid-19 cases involving South African variant found

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PETALING JAYA: The health ministry has identified nine Covid-19 cases associated with the highly contagious B.1.351 variant first found in South Africa.

In a statement, health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said all nine of them were local infections.

According to analyses, Noor Hisham said, the cases were related to the Jalan Lima and Kebun Baru clusters, both in Selangor.

Further analyses also showed that the variant likely originated from a worker based at a company associated with KLIA in Sepang.


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