New variants penetrate the community

Johor Bahru, 20 May 2021 - Malaysia continued to record the highest number of infection cases at 6,806 cases today which showed the rate of infection spreading rapidly through the emergence of new variants of Covid-19.

Even more worrying when the country is now facing the spread of two lineages Covid-19 and South African variant of concern (VOC) B.1.351 which is very dangerous and is starting to infect the community rapidly.

Malaysia's Director General of Health, Tan Sri Dato' Seri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah continued to remind everyone that ‘We Still Have Not Won’ and we should continue to adopt new norms to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.