GEORGE TOWN: Leaders in the medical field will get together to celebrate the legacy of epidemiologist Dr Wu Lien-Teh (pic), who invented a medical face mask that became the N95 respirator.
A Covid-19 vaccine that is currently being developed in Malaysia is expected to be ready in 2024.
The vaccine is also being designed as a booster shot, and will take into account variants of the virus such as the Delta strain, according to
Pre-clinical animal trials to begin next month
The director of Malaysia s Institute for Medical Research (IMR) Tahir Aris said that they are currently working on two types of Covid-19 vaccines: one using mRNA technology, similar to the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines, and the other using the inactivated vaccine approach, such as Sinovac.
IMR is currently working with experts from Universiti Putra Malaysia and Malaysia s Veterinary Research Institute.