Podcast COVID19 with HKU| EP3: The race for a Coronavirus vaccine with Prof. Malik Peiris and Prof. Leo Poon
COVID19 with HKU: Ten episodes walk you through the leading research coming out of HKU to fight COVID19.
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, which means the complete eradication of COVID-19 could hinge on the development of a vaccine that may take more than a year to be ready.
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.
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 (Sustainable Asia Podcast)
- Assistant producer: YuFei Wu
- Contributing Editor: Bonnie Au
- Intro/outro music: Alex Mauboussin
- Music from free music archive– Effemeah Weeps
