COVID-19 Global Roundup: How close are we to a vaccine?

The University of Oxford said last Wednesday their COVID-19 vaccine team has seen the right sort of immune response in trials but declined to give a firm time frame for when a vaccine will be ready. 

The trials are among many across the world. In India, volunteers will be immunized with a new locally made coronavirus vaccine in July, according to a India-based firm Bharat Biotech. 

In this race of the vaccine, there is one that has been approved in limited use. In China, the Central Military Commission approved the use of a COVID-19 vaccine co-developed by its research unit and CanSino Biologic, a Chinese vaccine company, after clinical trials proved it was safe and showed some efficacy, the company said in a filing on June 25. The shot also won approval for human testing in Canada.

Regarded as the most effective solution and holding the key to reopening economies, coronavirus vaccines has repeatedly attracted global attention. But, there are many steps before it will be fully useful, so how close are we now to a usable vaccine?

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