Covid-19 Watch: Research on Malaysia's vaccine at proof-of-concept stage


KUALA LUMPUR: Research on the country’s Covid-19 vaccine is still in the proof of concept stage, the Dewan Rakyat was told on Monday (Dec 13).

Deputy Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation Datuk Ahmad Amzad Hashim said as for the messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) vaccine, the candidate vaccine would undergo an in-vitro transcription process, involving various complex laboratory tests.

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