The Health Ministry has decided to ban large New Year's Eve events following a second Covid-19 case involving the omicron variant detected in the country.

At a press conference today, Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said only small scale privately held New Year's Eve and Christmas gatherings are allowed.

"Due to the second Omicron case and 18 other suspected cases that underwent genomic sequencing, the health ministry would like to announce...