Covid-19: Highly transmissible JN.1 strain now in M’sia

There may be more than holiday cheer being spread this festive season as the highly contagious Covid-19 strain JN.1 marked its entry into Malaysia yesterday.

Sixty-one samples collected in several parts of Sarawak on Dec 21 detected two dominant Omicron sub-variants - the JN.1 (49 percent) and HK.3 (26 percent)...