KUALA LUMPUR, March 7 — The Nigerian Variant B1.525 of Covid-19 has important mutations in the spike protein but they do not affect the ability to detect or trace a person infected with the variant, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

COPENHAGEN, Feb 22 — The World Health Organisation (WHO) regional director for Europe said Sunday he believes the coronavirus outbreak will end in early 2022, reported Anadolu Agency.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 12 — A case of Covid-19 variant dubbed ‘UK B.1.1.7’ has been detected in Malaysia yesterday involving a traveller with a history of travel to the United Kingdom last month.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 6 — "If the Covid-19 virus mutates, God willing, the vaccine designed by scientists will still be effective," says an expert on whether it is necessary to create a new vaccine if the virus mutates.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 25 — The Health Ministry (MOH) will continue to closely monitor the developments of the UK B117 virus strain even though it has not been detected in Malaysia yet.

SINGAPORE, Dec 24 — Singapore has confirmed its first case of the new coronavirus variant found in the United Kingdom, the city-state said, while 11 others who were already in quarantine had returned preliminarily positive results for the new strain.

PUTRAJAYA, Dec 24 — The Health Ministry (MOH) is monitoring the new Covid-19 mutation that was detected in Sabah from various angles, including its infectivity and impact on the people.

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 11 — Whether the Covid-19 virus from the Sivagangga cluster is a D614G mutated strain of the virus that increases the risk of Covid-19 infection among those who do not comply with standard operating procedures (SOPs) will be known in a week.

PUTRAJAYA, June 10 — The declining number of positive Covid-19 cases will allow Health Ministry (MOH) health workers to focus on its joint research on Covid-19-related genomics with the Institute for Medical Research (IMR), said Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.