Health Check Podcast Pt 2: Vaccine expert on combating new Covid-19 variants
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We speak with Prof Ooi Eng Eong from the Duke-NUS Medical School’s Programme in Emerging Infectious Diseases about the current Covid-19 situation and how vaccination will lead us out of this pandemic on part 2 of this episode of Health Check.
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Health Check Ep 68 (Pt 2): Vaccine expert on combating new Covid variants
20:02 mins
Synopsis: Every first and third Wednesday of the month, The Straits Times helps you make sense of health matters that affect you.
In this episode, ST senior health correspondent Joyce Teo speaks with Prof Ooi Eng Eong from the Duke-NUS Medical School's Programme in Emerging Infectious Diseases about the current Covid-19 situation and how vaccination will lead us out of this pandemic.
Listen to the second part of their conversation, where Prof Ooi talks about the best but tricky solution to combating new variants, touches on long Covid and tells us what to note about the different vaccines used here.
Listen to Pt 1: Why bother about asymptomatic Covid-19 cases, says vaccine expert - https://omny.fm/shows/health-check-1/health-check-ep-68-p1-mixdown
Produced by: Joyce Teo (joyceteo@sph.com.sg), Ernest Luis & Penelope Lee
Edited by: Hadyu Rahim & Penelope Lee
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