Consider licensing Takeda's dengue vaccine, virologist tells govt

The government should consider licensing the Qdenga vaccine against dengue to help combat the disease in the country, said virologist Lam Sai Kit.

He said despite intensified efforts to suppress Aedes mosquitoes that could spread the virus, including by using Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes in dengue hotspots in the Klang Valley, the number of dengue cases has not shown any significant decrease.

Meanwhile, the Health Ministry reported...