KUALA LUMPUR: The index case of the Omicron variant in Malaysia and her seven close contacts have tested negative in a Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) test today.
This was confirmed by Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah in a tweet today.
The index case was a fully vaccinated 19-year-old girl from South Africa who arrived in Malaysia via Singapore on Nov 19.
The girl, who is studying at a private higher educational institution in Ipoh, Perak, had travelled from KLIA to Ipoh via a bus trip that was organised by her university.
Dr Noor Hisham said the seven close contacts who tested negative include the bus driver, a university staff and the girl's three university friends and her two roommates.