What are the most advanced vaccine candidates for COVID-19?
Previous vaccine research for SARS/MERS facilitates rapid translation.203 In the WHO vaccine platform, 110 candidate vaccines are in preclinical evaluation and 8 candidate vaccines are in clinical evaluation for SARS-CoV-2 (adenovirus type 5 vector; LNP-encapsulated mRNA; Inactivated; ChAdOx1; 3 LNP-mRNAs; DNA plasmid vaccine with electroporation) as of May 15, 2020.204 The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations provides dynamic status updates (https://cepi.net).