KUALA LUMPUR, March 31 (NNN-BERNAMA) —\u00a0Malaysia has called for a broader scientific approach to get\u00a0the world ready to face\u00a0the next pandemic which will go\u00a0beyond the medical sciences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Minister\u00a0of Science, Technology and Innovation\u00a0Khairy Jamaluddin said the approach must encompass the areas of social, behavioural and\u00a0data science since pandemics have grave\u00a0social consequences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Khairy mooted the idea in the UNESCO\u2019s Virtual Ministerial Dialogue on COVID-19 and Open Science held today as he updated other science ministers on developments unfolding in Malaysia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI also raised the urgent need to create an international repository not just of medical research but also technological innovation such as successful reverse engineering to produce essential equipment which would be open source.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMalaysia also raised the need to allow open source for applications designed to assist contact tracing and best practices on balancing the effectiveness of these applications and personal data privacy,\u201d he wrote on his Twitter account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, the Rembau member of parliament told the audience that the country also sought the experience of other countries on the development of rapid test kits, which do not have the same accuracy rates as the RT-PCR test which is the gold standard but takes longer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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