As of right now, there aren't any vaccines that have been confirmed to be effective. However, companies and medical institutions from many nations are racing to develop vaccines and a cure for this horrible illness. Thankfully, there have already been huge steps in the process such as human and animal trials. Chinese efforts to sequence the genetic material of the virus has largely sped up the process of creating a vaccine.
Although no one could have ever predicted this pandemic to occur, coronaviruses have caused outbreaks in the past, making professionals more familiar with the way the virus attacks the body. With the help of medical professionals creating treatments, and thousands of people are making an effort to practice social distancing, close their businesses, and stay indoors hopefully this will pass quickly.
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From what I have heard it sounds like a vaccine will take up to 18 months before it is widely available. Right now we are almost to five months of the virus being spread so I can't imagine what it will look like 18 months from now. That being said, the reason the vaccine takes so long is partly due to the fact that it has to go through multiple phases of testing. Due to the current circumstances, I dont see why they couldnt start doing clinical trials (Once they have a v1 of the vaccine) with patients who voluntarily take the vaccination. Just seems like it might possibly move things along a little quicker.
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