COVID-19 vaccines: current data and future perspective

Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), lead to severe clinical symptoms and deaths in humans, affected the healthcare systems and resulted in many unexpected issues globally. Vaccination, which is the most effective way to combat viral diseases that effective treatment has not yet been developed, was a priority step in the fight against COVID-19, and many countries and companies promptly started to studies for vaccine development at the beginning of the pandemic. Currently there are many types of vaccines developed and commercially available after approval. In addition to commercially available vaccines, vaccine development studies still carry on with different types and technologies, and studies on testing different administration routes of these vaccines such as intranasal route are carried out. COVID-19 pandemic showed the importance of national vaccine production. In this context, Türkiye should act with a strategic planning towards supporting and prioritizing vaccine development studies and investments, increasing of numbers of vaccine production facilities and their capacities, and training qualified personnel and scientists to work in these institutions