SEREMBAN – Three cases of the Omicron Covid-19 variant have been detected in Negri Sembilan of yesterday – all were imported, involving three women who returned from abroad.
State Health, Environment, Cooperatives and Consumerism Action Committee chairman S. Veerapan said the first case involved a 28-year-old who arrived from Ireland through Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) on December 15.
The woman, who was asymptomatic and fully vaccinated, was screened at the KLIA entrance and was required to wear the digital detector surveillance bracelet and quarantine at home in Seremban, he said here today.
He said the second case involved a 28 -year-old woman who arrived from the United Kingdom through the KLIA entrance on December 1. The woman, who had completed her Covid-19 vaccination, had mild symptoms and went through screening at KLIA on December 14, Veerapan said.
He added that the third woman, aged 29, tested positive also during screening at KLIA on December 16 upon her return from the United Kingdom. He said the woman, who had completed her Covid-19 vaccination, had mild symptoms and was instructed to undergo home quarantine in Port Dickson.
Veerapan said the situation is under control and advised the public to comply with the stipulated standard operating procedures, telling those who have not received the booster dose to get it to boost their body’s immune system. – Bernama, December 29, 2021
