Herd Immunity Against Current Variants Could Be Close, Sage Member Suggests
Sage s Peter Openshaw says 80% would need to have immunity against current Covid strains.
Around 80% of the population would need to have immunity to coronavirus for the country to achieve “herd immunity” against current dominant variants, a leading scientist advising the government has said.
Professor Peter Openshaw, who sits on the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage), said that level of population immunity would protect against the significant spreading of the current dominant Covid variants.
It raises the question of whether of England can reach herd immunity against the Kent and India variants soon.
A report by Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre), a good governance advocacy group, has painted a graphic picture of the damage illicit financial flow to the United Kingdom and the United Arab Emirate (UAE) is doing to the Nigerian economy. The report titled: “Fixing Nigeria’s Illicit Financial Flows: A critical review of UK and UAE Policies, Laws and Practices”, was presented at a media roundtable in Lagos recently.
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