Up until now, the world's collective response to combatting the threat of the coronavirus has been lockdowns and self-isolation for those who had been potentially exposed to a virus that has killed almost 1.5 million people and infected more than 63 million.
Now comes the next stage of the fight: an effective vaccine. There have been five major vaccine candidates that have been undergoing clinical trials in order to be approved.
The United Kingdom became the first country to approve a vaccine when they announced the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine was safe to be rolled out.