“As of December 31, there have been 4,148 cases of BA.5.2 infection and three cases of BF.7 infection,” said Malaysian Director-General of Health Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah – in a statement reported by the Malaysian News Agency today, Tuesday, explaining that there is no data that can be Link the increase in the number of cases of injury or death to both variables.
He noted that these variants are classified as Omicron BA.5 subspecies and have not been classified as a variant strain of concern (VOC) under surveillance (LUM), i.e. they are closely monitored by WHO.
He noted that both variants cause reinfection or have a higher transmission rate due to the high number of cases in China.
He noted that the Malaysian Ministry of Health will reconsider the current situation from time to time when there are major changes that, in turn, require a change in the public health strategy.
