TDD Episode 2 – Addressing your COVID19 concerns and introducing LUNAR-COV19: A new and upcoming vaccine (part 1)

This episode of TDD, Nicole and Qian Hua, joined by special guest Professor Ooi Eng Eong, address more concerns the public has about the COVID19 vaccines and discuss further about the Science behind the vaccines. Prof Ooi co-directs the Viral Research and Experimental Medicine Centre at the SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre. He is also a professor at Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, and the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the National University of Singapore. Prof Ooi also introduces an upcoming COVID19 vaccine, LUNAR-COV19, which he is co-developing with American pharmaceutical company Arcturus Therapeutics. This episode is the first part of a two-part series. 

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