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. <br /><br />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. <br /><br />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.<br /><br />WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news<br />SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar<br />LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline
