Frontrunners in the vaccine race – Newsroom
Covid-19
How far away are vaccines which could end the pandemic and how many doses can be made quickly?
Finding a vaccine which protects against the coronavirus which causes Covid-19 is seen as the best way to stop the continued spread of the disease. It’s estimated around 70 percent of the world’s population – 5.5 billion people – will need immunity to the virus to stop the pandemic.
The race for a vaccine is likely to have more than one winner. Over 150 vaccines are being developed and the…
