SEREMBAN: Three cases of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 were detected in Negri Sembilan on Tuesday, with all being imported cases involving three women who returned from abroad.

       State health, environment, cooperatives and consumerism action committee chairman S. Veerapan said the first case involved a 28-year-old who arrived from Ireland through Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) on Dec 15.

       The woman, who was asymptomatic and fully vaccinated, was screened at the KLIA entrance and made to wear a digital surveillance bracelet and put under home quarantine, he told Bernama yesterday.

       The second case involved a 28-year-old woman who arrived from the United Kingdom on Dec 14.

       The third victim, aged 29, tested positive during screening at KLIA on Dec 16 upon her return from the UK.