‘No vaccine is not an issue’

PUTRAJAYA: As the country transitions into the recovery movement control order (MCO) period, there is a possibility the Covid-19 pandemic can be beaten even without a vaccine as long as Malaysians maintain strong health discipline, says the Health Ministry.

Its director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said while a Covid-19 vaccine is desirable, he noted that past experience with other coronaviruses, such as the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), showed that the chain of infection could be stopped without a vaccine.