Covid-19: Rapid rise in cases sees BA.5 subvariant gaining dominance in Sarawak


KUCHING: Sarawak has detected a rapid increase of Covid-19 infections from the BA.5 Omicron subvariant in recent months.

Universiti Malaysia Sarawak's Institute of Health and Community Medicine (IHCM) director Prof Dr David Perera said the subvariant accounted for 32.8% of all positive cases in the state from early June onwards.

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