Don: Push for dengue field tests


KUALA LUMPUR: The Health Ministry should go ahead with actual field tests for a proposed vaccine for dengue as trials show that it can reduce hospitalisation by 67%, Asia-Pacific Dengue Vaccine and Vaccination Steering Committee chairman Prof Emeritus Datuk Dr Lam Sai Kit said.

He said that actual field tests were important to see how the vaccine worked and how the community accepted it.

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