• 2 years ago
Malaysia is currently experiencing a small wave of increased Covid-19 cases following the discovery of the Omicron XBB sub-variant in the country, says Caretaker Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin

He said based on daily data, the number of new Covid-19 cases had increased by 16.5% from 14,525 cases in Epidemiological Week (EW) 42 to 16,917 cases in EW 43 (Oct 23 to 29).

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