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With new variant strains, analysis of efficacy can be known only after a critical mass of the population is inoculated.

Experts call for molecular sequencing of the virus

Intensified vaccination programme most viable: Researchers

22 Dec 2020 2:00 AM IST

Shoppers wearing masks are faced with partially empty shelves at a supermarket in London on March 14, 2020, as consumers worry about product shortages, leading to the stockpiling of household products due to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus COVID-19. Faced with supermarkets being emptied and online shopping overrun due to the COVID-19 pandemic, UK retailers are appealing to consumers to come to their senses and ensure that the country will not run out of food. (AFP)

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

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

16 March 2020 6:40 PM IST

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

Must prepare for second wave, aiming for herd immunity too large a...

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 IST

Mamata Banerjee (PTI file image)

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

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

30 May 2020 10:30 AM IST

Marriage during a pandemic. (PTI)

Health ministry says India is far from achieving herd immunity against...

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

31 July 2020 4:32 AM IST

A doctor walks in a lane during a free medical camp in Dharavi, one of Asias largest slums in Mumbai, India. (AP)

BMC confident of herd immunity after studies says 57% Mumbai slum...

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

30 July 2020 11:55 AM IST

The World Health Organisation may have had the worst of track records in the six months of the global Covid-19 fight experience. PTI Photo

AA Edit | Herd immunity no solution to COVID-19

Governments must stop toying with any policy that seeks herd immunity

8 July 2020 6:06 PM IST

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...

12 Jan 2021 12:32 AM IST

Health workers wearing protective suits prepare to disinfect a locality in Hyderabad. (PTI)

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

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

30 April 2020 9:12 AM IST

The UK national was caught trying to escape after testing positive for Covid-19. (AFP)

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...

26 April 2020 8:49 AM IST