“To win this battle, we need to work together to create an invulnerable shield that protects our people, and this can only be achieved through mass production of the vaccine,” TASS said.

Johnson calls on the world community to join forces and share the experience of scientists.

"The race to find a vaccine to fight this virus is not a competition between countries, but the most urgent common task of our lives," the British prime minister said.

Hans Kluge, director of the World Health Organization’s Regional Office for Europe, said earlier that a coronavirus vaccine could be available in less than a year.