PUTRAJAYA, Dec 1 — The Ministry of Health (MoH) has listed eight countries on temporary travel restriction with Malawi being the latest on the list following the spread of a new COVID-19 variant known as Omicron.
Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said the MoH has added South Africa, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, and Zimbabwe to the list of temporary travel restrictions.
He said 20 countries had detected the new coronavirus variant as of yesterday and 203 of the 215 cases of the Omicron variant had been reported on the Global Initiative on Sharing All Influenza Data (GISAID) website.
The MoH will prepare a list of countries that have reported cases of Omicron variant or are at high risk of the spread of the new variant on a daily basis and it will be distributed to the Foreign Ministry; Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture; Ministry of Transport and Immigration Department through the National Security Council, said Khairy.
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