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COVID-19 herd immunity: It's not going to happen, so what next?Instead we should be talking about how to live with the virus. The tremendous success that's materialised with COVID-19 vaccines allows us ...04 Aug, 2021, 01.15 PM IST- Covid protocols vital for the vaccinatedVaccine hesitancy and new variants could raise the herd immunity threshold, delaying the return to normal. Avoiding that will require even ...03 Aug, 2021, 11.33 PM IST
- Covid-19: When will we reach herd immunity? Here are 3 reasons that's a hard question to answerDifferent diseases have different thresholds for herd immunity. For measles, for example, the herd immunity threshold is 92%-94%. Estimates...27 Jul, 2021, 11.34 AM IST
- Future TenseThe new wave of cases in the European Union means that a similar transition is likely to come later there, in the late second or third quar...12 May, 2021, 11.23 PM IST
- India in for the long haul as experts say herd immunity unlikely soonK Srinath Reddy, president, Public Health Foundation of India said that in a highly mobile world where people are moving from place to plac...05 May, 2021, 07.58 AM IST
- Herd immunity is 'very difficult' to achieve in India, says AIIMS director Randeep GuleriaHerd immunity is "very difficult" to achieve and one should not think of it in "practical terms" in India, especially in the times of "vari...21 Feb, 2021, 06.21 PM IST
- Latest sero-survey shows 56.13% people in Delhi have antibodies against COVID-19: Satyendar JainThis suggests that for every reported Covid-19 case in Delhi – where the official case count is some 635,000 – there may have been almost 5...03 Feb, 2021, 08.47 AM IST
- Herd immunity inference from Delhi's sero survey to be taken with pinch of salt, say scientistsOn Tuesday, the Delhi government announced the results of the fifth sero survey, with a sample of 28,000 across 11 districts in Delhi. The ...02 Feb, 2021, 05.38 PM IST
- India may achieve herd immunity by Feb 2023: Analytics company AirfinityThe forecasts suggest that the US and Canada are expected to hit herd immunity by the second quarter of 2021, Japan in April 2022 and India...10 Dec, 2020, 10.09 AM IST
- Can first COVID-19 vaccines bring herd immunity? Experts have doubts"Herd immunity is sometimes wrongly understood as individual protection," said Josep Jansa, an expert in health emergency preparedness and ...18 Nov, 2020, 03.18 PM IST
- To lock down or not? Amid widespread virus resurgence, experts spar over what to doThe stalemate is over whether countries should protect the vulnerable and let the younger people — who face low risk of being severely impa...16 Oct, 2020, 10.32 AM IST
- Delhi: Herd immunity only through vaccinationThe third sero survey in Delhi, which has revealed that seroprevalence has declined to 25.1%, instead of going up, has made one thing clear...02 Oct, 2020, 09.30 AM IST
- Scientists believe coronavirus will become seasonal like flu, but the time hasn't come yetThe factors governing seasonality of Covid cannot halt the spread in the summer months.16 Sep, 2020, 10.37 AM IST
- COVID-19: Herd immunity can't be strategic choice or option in India, says health ministry"In a country with the size of the population like India, herd immunity cannot be a strategic choice or option. It can only be an outcome, ...31 Jul, 2020, 07.53 AM IST
- Coronavirus: World Health Organization chief scientist sees no herd immunity yetHerd immunity is usually achieved through vaccination and occurs when most of a population is immune to a disease, blocking its continued s...24 Jul, 2020, 10.00 PM IST
- Can herd immunity work in the case of Covid-19?How long immunity lasts varies depending on the virus.10 Jun, 2020, 05.59 PM IST
- View: India, with 82% of the population below 50, is best placed for herd immunityIndia has the most desirable demography to aim for herd immunity: 82% of the population is less than 50.22 May, 2020, 02.24 PM IST
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