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. 2021 Oct 22;23(11):134. doi: 10.1007/s11912-021-01125-8

Table 1.

COVID-19 vaccine approved by at least one country

Vaccine name
Developers
Type Approved

EpiVacCorona

Vector State Research Centre of Virology and Biotechnology

Protein subunit (peptide antigen) Russia

BNT162b2/CMIRNATY

BioNTech/Pfizer

Nucleoside-modified mRNA Bahrain, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, Argentina, Australia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, European Union, Iceland, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mexico, Mongolia, Norway, Oman, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Serbia, Singapore, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, UK, USA, South Korea

mRNA-1273

Moderna

mRNA-based vaccine encapsulated in lipid nanoparticle (LNP) Switzerland, Canada, European Union, Iceland, Israel, Mongolia, Norway, Qatar, Singapore, UK, USA

Ad5-nCoV

CanSino Biologics

Recombinant novel coronavirus Vaccine (adenovirus type 5 vector)

Non-replicating viral vector

Mexico, China

Sputnik V

Gamaleya Research Institute

Human adenovirus vector-based COVID-19 vaccine

Non-replicating viral vector

Russia, Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Bahrain, Belarus, Bolivia, Bosnian Serb Republic, Guinea, Hungary, Iran, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Mexico, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Palestinian Authority, Paraguay, Serbia, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela
AZD1222 Oxford/AstraZeneca

Recombinant replication defective chimpanzee adenovirus expressing the SARS-Cov-2 S surface glycoprotein

Non-replicating viral vector

Algeria, Argentina, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brazil, Chile, Dominican Republic, Egypt, El Salvador, European Union, Iceland, India, Iraq, Kuwait, Maldives, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, Norway, Pakistan, Philippines, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, South Africa, South Korea, Thailand, UK

Covishield (ChAdOx1_nCov-19)

Serum Institute of India

Recombinant ChAdOx1 adenoviral vector encoding the spike protein antigen of the SARS-CoV-2

Non-replicating viral vector

Argentina, Bahrain, Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Morocco, Nepal, South Africa, Sri Lanka

Covaxin

Bharat Biotech

Inactivated India

BBIBP-CorV

SARS-Cov-2 Vaccine (Vero Cell)

Sinopharm

Inactivated Bahrain, China, United Arab Emirates, Cambodia, Egypt, Hungary, Iraq, Jordan, Pakistan, Peru, Serbia, Seychelles

Inactivated (InCov)

Sinopharm

Inactivated China, United Arab Emirates

CoronaVac

Sinovac Biotech

Inactivated China, Azerbaijan, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Indonesia, Laos, Turkey, Uruguay