The Health Ministry has identified a new Covid-19 strain in the country from samples taken in Sabah.<br /><br />Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah on Wednesday (Dec 23) said it was still unknown whether the strain – dubbed the “A701B” mutation – was more infectious than usual.<br /><br />On the Covid-19 mutation found in the UK which is also said to be highly infectious, he said the ministry was still monitoring the situation.<br /><br />The government, however, does not intend to revert the mandatory quarantine ruling from 10 days back to 14 days due to the UK mutation discovery.<br /><br />WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news<br />SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar<br />LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline
