MONDAY, May 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) — While more than half of American adults have gotten at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, many scientists and public health experts now believe that herd immunity cannot be reached in the foreseeable future. Instead, the virus will most likely become a manageable threat that will … Read more
MUMBAI: India could achieve the herd immunity threshold with 60-70 per cent of the population being fully vaccinated by January 2022, brokerage firm YES Securities noted in a report today. The brokerage firm is of the view that around 40 per cent of the country’s population could be fully vaccinated—both doses of vaccines—by November and … Read more
Maharshtra has been witnessing spike in covid cases for a week now Just when India breathed a sigh of relief that the pandemic curve has finally flattened, Coronavirus in Maharashtra witnessed a sudden spike in daily cases. According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare data, Maharashtra on Friday witnessed 6,112 new cases, a … Read more
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and members of his government risk significant political damage for their decision on Saturday to introduce extremely tough restrictions on London and parts of the southeast England and withdraw a significant part of the social accommodations they had announced for Christmas gatherings. Yet as Johnson said in a widely watched … Read more
Wherever the sero-positivity rate was high in Pune, the incidence rate has fallen sharply. (Representattive Image, IE) Close to 85% of the Pune population has developed immunity from Covid-19! A first-of-its-kind study conducted on an Indian city has concluded that majority of the population who had developed antibodies found in a sero survey conducted earlier … Read more
NEW DELHI: India may not see a second wave of Covid-19 infections or another peak in terms of daily new cases, top epidemiologist Raman Gangakhedkar told ET in an exclusive interview. “In the US, the third wave has started, whereas we will never reach that particular stage because by then the vaccines would be available … Read more
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Oct. 20, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Promoting any emerging COVID-19 vaccine to a skeptical public could be tough. But a new survey finds vaccine uptake might rise if the shot is promoted by medical experts, not politicians, and if it’s been proven safe and effective … Read more
Mumbai: Experts in Europe and America are divided over what should be the course of action in dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. The stalemate is over whether countries should protect the vulnerable and let the younger people — who face low risk of being severely impacted by Covid-19 — go about their lives and in … Read more
William Schaffner, MD, Vanderbilt University. The Lancet: “Herd immunity approaches to COVID-19 control are a ‘dangerous fallacy’, say authors of open letter.” The New York Times: ” White House embraces a declaration from scientists that opposes lockdowns and relies on ‘herd immunity.’” Joshua Michaud, PhD, associate director, Global Health Policy, Kaiser Family Foundation. Great … Read more
Talking about herd-immunity, the WHO Director-General said that there is not enough knowledge about immunity to Coronavirus. He most of the Coronavirus infected patients generally develop an immune response within the first few weeks. (Reuters image) Coronavirus COVID-19 tracker: Even as the debate over the herd immunity continues to grow, the World Health Organization has … Read more