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MOH: Omicron has reached Malaysia
COVID-19 | The Health Ministry (MOH) revealed today that it had detected the Omicron variant of the Covid-19 virus in Malaysia.
This was confirmed yesterday based on a sample taken from a foreign student who entered the country on Nov 19.
The student from South Africa was then reportedly shuttled on a university bus from KLIA to Ipoh where she underwent quarantine.
The next day on Nov 20 she got her test results back saying she was positive for Covid-19.
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