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Breaking Down Pfizer Vaccine’s Early Results

Prof Dr Sanjay Rampal, Epidemiologist, University of Malaya

11-Nov-20 14:00

Breaking Down Pfizer Vaccine’s Early Results

An early analysis has shown that Pfizer and BioNTech’s vaccine candidate is 90% effective in preventing COVID-19. We break down what these early results mean, and look at what still lies ahead, in terms of a COVID-19 vaccine becoming available for us here in Malaysia.

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Produced by: Tee Shiao Eek

Presented by: Juliet Jacobs, Lim Sue Ann


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