The Health Ministry has confirmed a second case of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 in Malaysia, in an eight-year-old Malaysian girl who returned from Nigeria.

Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said there are also 18 other suspected cases of Omicron, whose genomic sequencing is pending confirmation.

The results on the 18 suspected cases are expected to be released tomorrow.

Speaking at a press conference in Parliament today, Khairy said the second confirmed case lived with her family in Lagos, Nigeria.