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.