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Beijing Has Hit 'Temporary Herd Immunity': China Health Official
Beijing has reached "temporary herd immunity" and its Covid outbreak is nearing an end, a city health official said Tuesday, in another sign China's unprecedented virus wave is waning.
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"Hybrid, Not Herd Immunity, Keeps India Safe": Covid Panel Chief Dr NK Arora To NDTV
India's fight against COVID-19 is shaping up much better than neighbouring China due to robust "hybrid immunity", the head of the country's vaccine task force told NDTV today in an exclusive interview.
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Covid BF.7 Variant May Not Be As Serious In India As In China Because...: Top Scientist
"The severity of the infection is not as much as they used to be with Delta. That's because we do have herd immunity to an extent. Actually, we have herd immunity because we are exposed to the other viruses," he told PTI.
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Herd Immunity To Fight Covid "Foolish Idea": WHO Chief Scientist To NDTV
"Hybrid immunity is the strongest immunity we can have at the moment - Hybrid is when one has been infected with Omicron and has also got the vaccine doses," she said.
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With Omicron, Experts Explain What Could Help Permanently Defeat Covid
With new versions forcing vaccine makers to re-test jabs, the virus that causes Covid-19 has proven highly unpredictable.
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"Cost Will Be Great Many Infections": Israel On Omicron Herd Immunity
A surge of Omicron infections could see Israel reaching herd immunity, the country's top health official said on Sunday as daily cases continued to climb.
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Reindeer With "Herd Immunity" Jokes Wear Thin On 2nd Pandemic Christmas
The rise of the Omicron variant heralded on Friday another pandemic-tinged Christmas for billions, with Santa's arrival and longed-for family reunions overshadowed by the prospect of yet more Covid restrictions.
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"People Shouldn't Let Their Guards Down": Experts Warn Delhi Over COVID-19
It cannot be said that Delhi has attained herd immunity despite the latest serological survey showing that 97 per cent people here have developed antibodies against COVID-19, experts said on Thursday and cautioned people to not let their guard down.
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2021 Covid Outbreak In Delhi Shows Herd Immunity Against Delta Variant Difficult: Study
The severe outbreak of COVID-19 in Delhi this year showed that the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 can infect previously exposed people through a different variant of the coronavirus, highlighting the challenges of reaching herd immunity against it.
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Has Delta Killed The Herd Immunity Dream?
As the Delta variant continues its global surge, experts are questioning whether the long-held goal of achieving herd immunity from Covid-19 through vaccination is still viable.
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Johnson & Johnson Seeks Nod For Vaccine Trials For 12-17 Group In India
Johnson & Johnson has applied for permission to conduct COVID-19 vaccine trials in India on children in the 12-17 age group, saying it is critical that "all sections of the population" are vaccinated to ensure achievement of herd immunity status.
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The World May Never Reach Herd Immunity Against Covid
As Covid-19 surged last year, governments worldwide touted the hope of "herd immunity," a promised land where the virus stopped spreading exponentially because enough people were protected against it. That's now looking like a fantasy.
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Herd Immunity Not A Possibility With Delta Variant, Warns UK Vaccine Expert
The highly transmissible Delta variant of coronavirus has rendered the prospect of herd immunity, where the majority of a country's population becomes immune to a virus, difficult, the head of the UK's Oxford Vaccine Group has warned.
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Delta Pushes Herd Immunity Threshold To Above 80%: Experts
The spread of the delta coronavirus variant has pushed the threshold for herd immunity to well over 80% and potentially approaching 90%, according to an Infectious Diseases Society of America briefing on Tuesday.
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UK Home Secretary Denies Claims Of Covid "Herd Immunity" Plans: Report
UK Home Secretary Priti Patel categorically denied that achieving so-called "herd immunity" was ever the UK's official policy at the start of the Covid pandemic last year, after allegations by PM Boris Johnson's former top aide Dominic Cummings claim
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Beijing Has Hit 'Temporary Herd Immunity': China Health Official
Beijing has reached "temporary herd immunity" and its Covid outbreak is nearing an end, a city health official said Tuesday, in another sign China's unprecedented virus wave is waning.
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"Hybrid, Not Herd Immunity, Keeps India Safe": Covid Panel Chief Dr NK Arora To NDTV
India's fight against COVID-19 is shaping up much better than neighbouring China due to robust "hybrid immunity", the head of the country's vaccine task force told NDTV today in an exclusive interview.
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Covid BF.7 Variant May Not Be As Serious In India As In China Because...: Top Scientist
"The severity of the infection is not as much as they used to be with Delta. That's because we do have herd immunity to an extent. Actually, we have herd immunity because we are exposed to the other viruses," he told PTI.
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Herd Immunity To Fight Covid "Foolish Idea": WHO Chief Scientist To NDTV
"Hybrid immunity is the strongest immunity we can have at the moment - Hybrid is when one has been infected with Omicron and has also got the vaccine doses," she said.
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With Omicron, Experts Explain What Could Help Permanently Defeat Covid
With new versions forcing vaccine makers to re-test jabs, the virus that causes Covid-19 has proven highly unpredictable.
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"Cost Will Be Great Many Infections": Israel On Omicron Herd Immunity
A surge of Omicron infections could see Israel reaching herd immunity, the country's top health official said on Sunday as daily cases continued to climb.
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Reindeer With "Herd Immunity" Jokes Wear Thin On 2nd Pandemic Christmas
The rise of the Omicron variant heralded on Friday another pandemic-tinged Christmas for billions, with Santa's arrival and longed-for family reunions overshadowed by the prospect of yet more Covid restrictions.
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"People Shouldn't Let Their Guards Down": Experts Warn Delhi Over COVID-19
It cannot be said that Delhi has attained herd immunity despite the latest serological survey showing that 97 per cent people here have developed antibodies against COVID-19, experts said on Thursday and cautioned people to not let their guard down.
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2021 Covid Outbreak In Delhi Shows Herd Immunity Against Delta Variant Difficult: Study
The severe outbreak of COVID-19 in Delhi this year showed that the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 can infect previously exposed people through a different variant of the coronavirus, highlighting the challenges of reaching herd immunity against it.
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Has Delta Killed The Herd Immunity Dream?
As the Delta variant continues its global surge, experts are questioning whether the long-held goal of achieving herd immunity from Covid-19 through vaccination is still viable.
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Johnson & Johnson Seeks Nod For Vaccine Trials For 12-17 Group In India
Johnson & Johnson has applied for permission to conduct COVID-19 vaccine trials in India on children in the 12-17 age group, saying it is critical that "all sections of the population" are vaccinated to ensure achievement of herd immunity status.
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The World May Never Reach Herd Immunity Against Covid
As Covid-19 surged last year, governments worldwide touted the hope of "herd immunity," a promised land where the virus stopped spreading exponentially because enough people were protected against it. That's now looking like a fantasy.
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Herd Immunity Not A Possibility With Delta Variant, Warns UK Vaccine Expert
The highly transmissible Delta variant of coronavirus has rendered the prospect of herd immunity, where the majority of a country's population becomes immune to a virus, difficult, the head of the UK's Oxford Vaccine Group has warned.
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Delta Pushes Herd Immunity Threshold To Above 80%: Experts
The spread of the delta coronavirus variant has pushed the threshold for herd immunity to well over 80% and potentially approaching 90%, according to an Infectious Diseases Society of America briefing on Tuesday.
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UK Home Secretary Denies Claims Of Covid "Herd Immunity" Plans: Report
UK Home Secretary Priti Patel categorically denied that achieving so-called "herd immunity" was ever the UK's official policy at the start of the Covid pandemic last year, after allegations by PM Boris Johnson's former top aide Dominic Cummings claim
