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Despite vaccines, no Covid herd immunity in 2021: WHO

Chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan warned that it will take time to produce and administer enough doses to halt the spread of the virus

12 Jan 2021 12:32 AM

Experts call for molecular sequencing of the virus

Intensified vaccination programme most viable: Researchers

22 Dec 2020 2:00 AM

Health ministry says India is far from achieving herd immunity against COVID-19

Till a vaccine comes up, following COVID-appropriate behaviour is the social vaccine against the disease: Official

31 Jul 2020 4:32 AM

BMC confident of herd immunity after studies says 57% Mumbai slum population has developed antibodies

The SARS-CoV2 sero-prevalance study was conducted by the BMC jointly with Niti Aayog and Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR).

30 Jul 2020 11:55 AM

AA Edit | Herd immunity no solution to COVID-19

Governments must stop toying with any policy that seeks herd immunity

08 Jul 2020 6:06 PM

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Must prepare for second wave, aiming for herd immunity too large a risk, CSIR head says

As India comes out of the lockdown, the scientist said only timely interventions could mitigate the spread of COVID-19.

31 May 2020 9:06 PM

Covid-19: West Bengal doctor says state seems to be moving towards Sweden model

Sweden model has stressed on on testing and segregating high-risk population.

30 May 2020 10:30 AM

SARI what! Telangana docs are gobsmacked by fiat to restrict Covid-19 tests

One practitioner wonders if that is why the state's new case numbers are so low

30 Apr 2020 9:12 AM

So is Telangana betting on herd immunity?

In a sudden policy switch two days ago, health officials stopped testing secondary contacts unless they had covid-19 symptoms

26 Apr 2020 8:49 AM

London Diary: We can't have a herd immunity approach to coronavirus in Britain

For herd immunity to work, experts say around 60 per cent of the population, some 40 million people, need to catch the virus

16 Mar 2020 6:40 PM

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