The year 2020 which began on a bonhomie note completely derailed as the world slowly fell victim to the COVID-19 virus. From China, the virus spread to Europe, the Middle East, and the rest of the world.
The first confirmed case of the virus in India th was reported on 27 January 2020. A 20-year-old lady was admitted to the Emergency Department in General Hospital, Thrissur, Kerala with symptoms of dry cough and sore throat. She had traveled from Wuhan city to Kerala. Since then the number of COVID-19 cases in India has steadily risen. As of 21 January 2021, the statistics for India were as follows:
Total cases: 1,06,11,719
Total deaths: 1,52,906
Total recovered: 1,02,65,706
Active cases: 1,93,107
Serious critical: 8,944
Total tests conducted: 18,93,47,782
Source:https://www.worldometers.info/ coronavirus/#countries
Vaccine to the rescue
Since the advent of this virus, researchers, scientists and pharmaceutical companies have been in the race to develop a vaccine affording immunity from COVID-19. This brings us to the question - how would a vaccine be able to provide immunity? We can understand this by looking at the basic structure of the COVID-19 virus.
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