Malaysian hands on deck

Lim (right) and a colleague with some of the used Covid-19 rapid test kits in the lab.

OVER the past year, scientists across the world have been racing to find a solution to the Covid-19 pandemic. Malaysian researchers too, are doing their part to help counter the spread of the coronavirus. In April, UK-based Malaysian surgeon Dr Nur Amalina Che Bakri was chosen to be part of the United Kingdom’s first Covid-19 vaccine trial team. Researchers from our local universities are also working on the development of a Covid-19 vaccine which is still in its early stages. In November, prominent Malaysian virologist Emeritus Prof Datuk Dr Lam Sai Kit joined The Lancet Covid-19 Commission probing the origin of the coronavirus.

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