The COVID-19 pandemic which has caused tremendous loss of life around the world has been keeping scientists and doctors on their toes to find a solution. Vaccination is seen as the only hope to eliminate the deadly viral disease with many countries even breaking the norms of vaccine development to quickly bring out a preventive drug against the virus. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) as many as 150 vaccine candidates are under development across the globe and around 17 of these are being tested on humans. The vaccine candidate that has grabbed the world’s attention is the one