Clinical tests are currently being conducted of several types of dengue vaccines, the Health Ministry announced as the country battles the mosquito-borne disease that has left more than 100 dead since the beginning of the year.
Deputy health minister Datuk Seri Dr Hilmi Yahaya told Bernama that these tests are being conducted by the private sector.
“Currently, the research is still at the initial stage of the vaccine development,” he was quoted as saying, adding that the ministry via the Institute for Medical Research (IMR) was studying the vaccine development.
Last year, French pharmaceutical company Sanofi Pasteur announced that it was working on a vaccine for dengue which could give 95.5 per cent protection from severe dengue infection.
At the time, the company had stated that a vaccine could be available as early as July.
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