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Khairy urged the public to get their booster dose Photo: BERNAMA FILE PIX

Dr Wes Ely from Critical Illness, Brain dysfunction and Survivorship (CIBS) Research Center at Vanderblit University says Omicron variant has rapid onset symptoms and high transmissibility which is contagious. Photo source : CNBC News

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob says although the booster dose was not mandatory it would help to face new variants of the virus, especially the more infectious Omicron BA.5 variant.

A veterinarian inspects a cow for foot-mouth-disease ahead of Eid al-Adha, the feast of the sacrifice marking the end of the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca and commemorates Prophet Abraham's readiness to sacrifice his son to show obedience to Allah, at a cowshed in Lambaro, Aceh province on July 7, 2022. (Photo by Chaideer MAHYUDDIN / AFP)

Muhammad Ikhwan Hadif Imam Sufaat cleaned some of the 200 sacrificial cows at the Kampung Lombong cattle and goat barn, before handing them over to the buyers in conjunction with Aidiladha.

Khairy said five Omicron BA.5 variant cases have been detected in Malaysia and are likely to spread widely. Photo: BERNAMA

Sample of one of the wild boars that died in Air Putih forest, Kemaman. Photo: Terengganu Veterinary Services Department

Health authorities reported over 300 infections Wednesday, with clusters found in the historic northern city of Xi'an as well as the country's biggest city Shanghai. - Photo by Hector Retamal / AFP

Singapore's Ministry of Health said it has been alerted that a one-and-a-half year-old Singaporean boy who had Covid-19 infection had passed away on June 27, 2022. - Photo: AFP

WHO said the spread of monkeypox in over 50 countries does not constitute a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. Photo: 123RF