COVID-19

VACCINE
B Y K H A L E TA M A R I I A
WHY DO WE NEED A VACCINE?

• The vast majority of people are still vulnerable to coronavirus. It's

only the current restrictions that are preventing more people from
dying.
• A vaccine would teach our bodies to fight the infection by stopping
us from catching coronavirus, or at least making Covid less deadly.
• Having a vaccine, alongside better treatments, is "the" exit strategy.
OVERVIEW
• Vaccines typically require years of research and testing before reaching the clinic, but in 2020,
scientists embarked on a race to produce safe and effective coronavirus vaccines in record time.
Researchers are currently testing 58 vaccines in clinical trials on humans, and 15 have reached
the final stages of testing. At least 85 preclinical vaccines are under active investigation in
animals.
CORONAVIRUS VACCINE TRACKER
LEADING VACCINES
• Below is a list of all vaccines that have reached trials in humans, along with a selection of
promising vaccines being tested in animals. 
PFIZER/BIONTECH VACCINE
VACCINE NAME: BNT162b2 PHASE 2 
EFFICACY: 95% PHASE 3 
DOSE: 2 doses, 3 weeks apart COMBINED PHASES
TYPE: Muscle injection APPROVED IN CANADA, SAUDIA
STORAGE: Freezer storage only at –94°F (–70°C) ARABIA
EMERGENCY USE IN U.S.,
ELSEWHERE 
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VACCINE
VACCINE NAME: AZD1222 PHASE 2 
EFFICACY: Up to 90% PHASE 3 
DOSE: 2 doses, 4 weeks apart COMBINED PHASES 
TYPE: Muscle injection
STORAGE: Stable in refrigerator for at least 6 months
RUSSIAN COVID-19 VACCINE
VACCINE NAME: Sputnik 5 (formerly Gam-Covid-Vac) PHASE 3 
EFFICACY: 92% EARLY USE IN RUSSIA 
DOSE: 2 doses, 3 weeks apart
TYPE: Muscle injection
STORAGE: Freezer storage. Developing an alternative
formulation that can be refrigerated.
VACCINATION IN UKRAINE
• The Ukrainian authorities expect that Ukraine will receive about 8 million doses under the
COVAX program .
• That is, 8 million people will be vaccinated if it is a single dose, or 4 million if they are
vaccinated in two doses.
• The vaccination campaign, according to the most optimistic estimates of Ukrainian officials,
will begin no earlier than May 2021.
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