Govt overreacting to Omicron variant? Medical experts weigh in

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KUALA LUMPUR – Amid rising panic surrounding the new Covid-19 Omicron variant, is the Malaysian government jumping the gun and overreacting based on incomplete reports? 

This question becomes more pressing when the doctor who first alerted the world of the Omicron strain has herself voiced astonishment over the global anxiety and extreme action following her discovery.

In a commentary piece published by The Daily Mail UK on November 30, Dr Angelique Coetzee stressed that nothing she has seen of this new variant warrants the extreme action that the United Kingdom has taken in response to it.

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