The race to get to the first COVID-19 vaccine got a lot more heated last week with news that Russia has approved the world’s first vaccine. We’ll discuss that, as well as whether Malaysia has the capacity to manufacture COVID-19 vaccines domestically, with co-host Dr George Lee, Consultant Urologist, as well as our guests Prof Poh Chit Laa, Head of the Centre for Virus and Vaccine Research, Sunway University; and Ashish Pal, Vice-President, Pharmaceutical Association of Malaysia.

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Produced by: Lim Sue Ann

Presented by: Tee Shiao Eek

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