Remember this? Medical personnel getting ready at a field hospital at the Penang Hospital in George Town in 2021 at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. The government will need a backup plan and budget for emergencies or outbreak management. — Photos: Filepics/The Star
AS the country transitions towards Covid-19 endemicity, the virus too is changing as it attempts to co-exist with potential hosts, some experts say.
With the high vaccination rate against SARS-CoV-2, future variants of the virus may even evolve to be more infectious as well as immune evasive.
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