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All around the world, doctors, nurses and other frontliners are doing all they can to help fight and stop the spread of COVID-19.
Joining in the fight are the research teams around the world who are working tirelessly to find a vaccine for the virus.
And now, our very own Malaysian doctor, Dr Nur Amalina Che Bakri will be joining in that effort.
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The UK-trained surgeon recently announced on her Twitter that she has joined the team at the Imperial College in London in their efforts to develop a COVID-19 vaccine.
The virus that has been keeping people in their homes, has infected over two million people around the world.
Dr Nur Amalina’s role in the team is to find suitable volunteers to take part in the vaccine trials that is being conducted at the Imperial College’s National Institute of Health Research (NIHR).
Image via Twitter
“The first of the UK vaccine trials has started at the NIHR Imperial Clinical Research Facility led by Dr Katrina Pollock,” Dr Nur Amalina tweeted. “I’m involved in recruiting healthy volunteers and vaccinating them in the next few weeks.”
“This is one of the 2 candidate vaccines that we will test at Imperial,” she added in a separate tweet. “Great effort from Imperial team and very excited to see the outcome.”
According to an article by the Imperial College, the UK government has pledged to provide a £22.5 million (RM121.1 million) grant to help fast track the college’s development of a vaccine.
UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock said that “in the long run, the best way to defeat COVID-19 is through a vaccine.”
“The UK is at the forefront of the global effort,” he noted. “And for all the efforts around the world, two of the leading vaccine developments are taking place here at home, at Oxford and Imperial.”
There is currently no known vaccine for the virus that has unfortunately caused over 188,000 deaths worldwide. According to experts, it could take up to two years for a vaccine to be found.
Image via Clinical Trials Arena
We’re super proud of Dr Nur Amalina’s role in helping to find a vaccine for COVID-19! We’ll be supporting her efforts right her from home!
Be sure to keep playing your part in staying safe and staying home so that together we can #FlattenTheCurve!
Stay updated with the latest COVID-19 news here: https://en.syok.my/covid-19
Info via The Star