The Banking Executive Magazine - April 2021

The COVID-19 VACCINES INTRODUCTION Covid-19 is the illness caused by the corona virus. This illness caused the death of millions around the world. According to World Health Organi- sation WHO Coronavirus (COVID- 19) Dashboard, as of April 2021, there have been globally 133,552,774 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 2,894,295 deaths. As of April 2021, a total of 669,248,795 vaccine doses have been administered. Hope for the end of the pandemic started to loom in the horizon with the discovery of vaccines with long term efficiency yet to be proved. This article sheds light on latest de- velopments in COVID-19 vaccines technologies. These developments the BANKING EXECUTIVE 54 ISSUE 148 APRIL 2021 BY DR SOHA MAAD THE COVID-19 VACCINES BREAKTHROUGH TECHNOLOGIES HOW CAN THE DIGITAL ECONOMY EMPOWER VACCINE TECHNOLOGIES?