Cases of the highly infectious Covid-19 Omicron variants, namely the BA.2.12.1 and BA.5, have been detected in Sarawak recently, according to the Universiti Malaysia Sarawak Institute of Health and Community Medicine.

Its director Prof David Perera disclosed this in his report to State Disaster Management Committee chairperson Douglas Uggah Embas in Kuching today.

Perera said 1,229 samples of positive cases were...