The Worldwide Effort to Develop Vaccines for COVID-19

Adv Exp Med Biol. 2021:1327:215-223. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-71697-4_18.

Abstract

There have been recent encouraging reports about the development of vaccines for COVID-19. Given the scale and effects of this pandemic on public health and economies worldwide, there has been an unprecedented approach across the globe, leading to the emergence of vaccine candidates many times faster than the normal process would allow. This review gives up-to-date information as of November 28, 2020, on the latest developments in this area and covers the plans to roll out the most promising vaccines across the entire world to halt the spread of this devastating virus.

Keywords: COVID-19; Coronavirus; Receptor binding domain; SARS-CoV-2; Spike protein; Vaccine.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • COVID-19 Vaccines
  • COVID-19*
  • Humans
  • Pandemics
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Viral Vaccines*

Substances

  • COVID-19 Vaccines
  • Viral Vaccines