Tag: Herd Immunity

Cuttack: Odisha’s COVID-19 count reached 1,100 in no time and the number is expected to rise to 10,000 by June, informed the technical spokesperson of Odisha Health Department, Jayanta Panda on Thurday. According to Panda, the spike in COVID-19 cases was anticipated in view of the return of migrants from several hotspot States. “Despite the […]

Contrary to the decades-old theory that herd immunity against a pandemic is achieved when at least 60 per cent population is infected, new research shows it can be done even with 43 per cent when differences in age and social activity are considered.

London: Spanish researchers have found that only five per cent of the population in Spain has developed antibodies, nowhere near the levels needed to achieve ‘herd immunity’. Herd immunity is achieved when enough people become infected with a virus to stop its spread. According to a nationwide study, published in the journal The Lancet, to […]

New York: Achieving herd immunity to Covid-19 is an impractical public health strategy, say researchers, adding that, immunity is not perfect and achieving it through widespread exposure is very unlikely. The study, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, investigated the suppression and mitigation approaches for controlling the spread of SARS-CoV-2, […]

New Delhi: The ICMR’s second sero-survey shows that Indian population is still far from achieving herd immunity against coronavirus infection, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Sunday while underlining the need for following COVID appropriate behaviour. He also stressed that masks be worn even in places of worship. During an interaction with his social […]