PUTRAJAYA, Oct 2 — The D614G mutation of the Covid-19 virus found in the Benteng Lahad Datu Cluster in Sabah originated from Indonesia and the Philippines, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 25 — The Covid-19 virus in five clusters in the country involving the Benteng Lahad Datu, Sivagangga, Tawar, Sungai and Bukit Tiram clusters was found having the D614G mutation, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 28 — There is a big possibility that the Tawar cluster and Sivagangga PUI (person under investigation) cluster may have originated from the same source, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 26 — The Ministry of Health (MOH) is still conducting a study on the Covid-19 strain (type) that infects the Tawar Cluster and does not rule out the possibility that the virus has mutated.

TANJUNG MALIM, Aug 21 — Studies are still underway to ascertain whether the Sala and Tawar Clusters also involved the D614G-type mutation of Covid-19 like the Sivagangga Cluster.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 18 — State governments have been asked to refer to the Special Ministerial Meeting on the Implementation of the movement control order (MCO) prior to implementing any standard operating procedure (SOP) related to the recovery MCO currently in force.

SINGAPORE, Aug 18 — A mutation of the novel coronavirus increasingly common throughout Europe and recently detected in Malaysia may be more infectious but appears less deadly, according to a prominent infectious diseases doctor.