Health D-G: No viable Covid-19 vaccine yet, no conclusive evidence that BCG works

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Published on 7 Apr 2020 11:24:02 PM

At a press conference in Putrajaya on Tuesday (April 7), Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah clarified that a viable vaccine to protect against the Covid-19 disease is at least a year away.

Dr Noor Hisham however added that what is important is that Malaysia is included as part of a global research effort launched by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to start drug trials for Covid-19.

When asked to comment on whether the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine could be deployed against Covid-19, Dr Noor Hisham said there was no conclusive evidence to support it.

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