Delta variant dominant local variant of concern, but Beta still around

Health Ministry director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said six local studies on Covid-19 spike protein mutation detected 475 variants of concern (VOC) between Sept 13 and today, involving 472 Delta variants and three Beta variants.

They were identified through sustained studies by the Institute of Health and Community Medicine (IHCM-Unimas), Malaysia Genome Institute (MGI), Integrative Pharmacogenomics Institute (iPROMISE-UiTM), Institute for Medical Research (IMR), UKM Medical Molecular Biology Institute (UMBI-UKM) and Tropical Infectious Diseases Research & Education Centre (TIDREC-UM).

Noor Hisham said this brings...