Gearing up for Disease X: Lens on Singapore (Ep 11)

What will we do when Disease X strikes? Scientists around the world are racing against the clock to prevent another global pandemic from happening. From cutting edge research labs to the sewers of Singapore, Claressa Monteiro goes virus hunting with the world’s leading experts on emerging infectious diseases.

Professor Wang Linfa from Duke-NUS Medical School is working on a universal coronavirus vaccine. Dr. Judith Wong and her team are monitoring sewer waters for the first signs of an outbreak. And Dr. Mary Rodgers is solving mystery illnesses popping up around the world.

Synopsis: A monthly podcast series from The Business Times on current affairs, societal issues and government policies explored through the lens of how it impacts us in Singapore and in the region.

Highlights of the conversation:

03:49 Why viruses love bats

08:07 Solving the case of a mystery patient

13:55 Testing sewer waters in Singapore

21:05 The 100 days mission

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Hosted by: Claressa Monteiro (claremb@sph.com.sg)

With Professor Wang Linfa, director of the Emerging Infectious Diseases Programme, Duke-NUS Medical School; Dr. Mary Rodgers, associate research fellow, Abbott; and Dr. Judith Wong, director of the Microbiology and Molecular Epidemiology Division, National Environment Agency.

Edited by: Claressa Monteiro & Emily Liu

Produced by: Emily Liu & Claressa Monteiro

Engineered by: Joann Chai Pei Chieh

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