Australia has also detected a few cases and have imposed travel restrictions from the following countries: South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Lesotho, Eswatini, the Seychelles, Malawi and Mozambique.
Are current vaccines effective against the Omicron variant? On Dec 7, The Malay Mail reports that according to health minister Khairy Jamaluddin, additional precautionary public health measures will come into effect tomorrow for travellers from countries earmarked with reported cases of the new Omicron Covid-19 variant.
Cases were considered reinfections if they tested positive 90 days apart.
PCR tests are able to detect those infected with Omicron.
Subsequently, as cases fell, the country experienced another surge in cases at the beginning of January this year, and Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin warned that the Omicron variant wave had begun in the country.
On 3rd December, Malaysia detected its first Omicron case,.
Description: That fact alone has probably forestalled the panic and dread we saw earlier in the pandemic, when the new daily case counts were actually far lower.