To date, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has claimed more than 5.23 million lives globally. This pandemic has been caused by a novel coronavirus, namely, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), which was first reported in 2019 in Wuhan, China. In New York State, this virus has infected around 2.74 million individuals and claimed more than 57,000 lives.
Background
Scientists have claimed that the development of effective vaccines and rapid vaccination programs are the foremost measures to manage the COVID-19 pandemic. In the US, three vaccines have received emergency use authorization (EUA) from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and all these vaccines have reported high efficacy against moderate-to-severe disease among adults.
