BATTLING COVID-19

One of the most crucial scientific advancements likely to emerge in 2021 is mass COVID-19 vaccination. Since coronavirus began to spread across the world, countless research facilities and pharmaceutical companies around the world have been working to develop a vaccine at record speeds.

However, as 2020 came to a close, there appeared to be a light at the end of the tunnel in the fight against COVID-19.

Reports of several vaccines boasting above 90 per cent effectiveness against the virus have surfaced, including a vaccine produced in a collaboration between pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and BioNtech. The vaccine was tested on 43,000 people and has shown no safety concerns. Although the global rollout timescale and distribution of these vaccines remains unclear and will differ for different countries, it’s safe to say that 2021 could see worldwide vaccinations.