Focus on vaccine research


Laboratory staff hard at work at the Institute for Medical Research (IMR) facility in Shah Alam, where some samples of the coronavirus are extracted and used for vaccine research.

AS we struggle to end Covid-19, public health experts agree the solution lies in the rapid deployment of vaccines. Despite the many conspiracies surrounding vaccines, scientists were not deterred from pressing ahead to develop one for Covid-19.

The outcome has been impressive. As a result of recent advances in vaccine research, only in a matter of one year, a few vaccine candidates became ready for the market, not just from the West but also from the East.

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