Table 1.
Types of COVID 19 vaccines.
| Vaccines currently approved by WHO for emergency use listing (EUL) | Type of vaccine |
|---|---|
| Pfizer/BioNTech Comirnaty vaccine (BNT162b2) | Nucleic acid, mRNA |
| Spikevac Moderna COVID-19 vaccine (mRNA 1,273) | Nucleic acid, mRNA |
| Convidecia CanSinoBIO Ad5-nCoV-S vaccine | Viral vector |
| Vaxzevria/Covishield vaccine/AstraZeneca (ChAdOx1-S) | Viral vector |
| Janssen/Ad26.COV 2.S vaccine | Viral vector |
| Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine | Whole inactivated virus |
| Sinovac-CoronaVac vaccine | Whole inactivated virus |
| Bharat Biotech BBV152 Covaxin vaccine | Whole inactivated virus |
| Covovax vaccine (NVX-CoV2373) | Protein subunit, whole recombinant spike |
| Nuvaxovid by Novavax (NVX-CoV2373) | Protein subunit, whole recombinant spike |
| Bivalent Vaccine (Original and Omicron BA.4/BA.5) Pfizer or Moderna* | Nucleic acid, mRNA |
*
Not WHO approved, but FDA approved.