Health DG: Covid-19 vaccine can be ready in a year's time


PUTRAJAYA (Bernama): A Covid-19 vaccine is expected to be available in the market in about a year as it is still in the early stages of tests and research, says Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah (pic).

The Health director-general said the World Health Organisation (WHO) are still looking into a few compounds and researches to develop a vaccine for the disease.

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