Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19): Current Status and Prospects for Drug and Vaccine Development
The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has spread to almost all nooks and corners of the world. Medications are being developed to target the spike, membrane, nucleocapsid or envelope proteins. The spike protein is also a critical target for vaccine development. Even though mRNA and DNA vaccines are being designed and moved into clinical trials, these types of vaccines are yet to be approved by regulatory bodies for human use. This review focuses on the drugs and vaccines being developed agains