The novel coronavirus has spread faster than any epidemic in recent memory. It’s called the “stealth virus” for a reason: patients are infectious even before they have symptoms. That means fully eradicating COVID19 could hinge on the development of a vaccine – which may be more than a year away. Today, we are going to talk about why a vaccine could be a long term solution, what types of vaccines are under development, and the progress The University of Hong Kong is making to create a novel coronavirus vaccine.
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Guests:
Professor Malik Peiris, Chair of Virology at HKU School of Public Health
Professor Leo Poon, Head of Public Health Laboratory Sciences at HKU School of Public Health
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Production credits:
Producer and Host: Marcy Trent Long
Assistant producer: YuFei Wu
Contributing Editor: Bonnie Au
Intro/outro music: Alex Mauboussin
Music from free music archive- Effemeah Weeps
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