Scientists around the world are in a race against time to develop a vaccine to protect people against the novel coronavirus. More than 150 vaccine candidates are being developed across the globe with some countries claiming to launch a potential shot with this year. Russia is ready to start phase 3 trials of one of its promising COVID-19 vaccines from August 3. But the country’s Health Minister Mikhail Murashko has indicated that the vaccine could be made available to the general public before it clears the final trial. Oxford University’s highly-touted COVID-19 vaccine called AZD1222 is already in large-scale Phase