Deputy Minister: Years before precise vaccine is made publicly available for Covid-19


  • Nation
  • Wednesday, 22 Jul 2020

KUALA LUMPUR: Despite Malaysia's effort to help develop a Covid-19 vaccine with several other nations, it would take years before a precise vaccine is made available to the public, says Deputy Health Minister Datuk Dr Noor Azmi Ghazali.

"Although a lot of countries say that they are close to developing a vaccine, our worry is that it is still at the early stages of clinical trials.

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