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Lack of Covid preventive measures in China may lead a 2020-like situation:
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
China is no longer adopting preventive measures to stop the country's Covid spread and is allowing Chinese nationals to move and travel as per their wishes, The Hong Kong Post reported, adding that this could result in a 2020-like situation when the pathogen spread across the world from W
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Indians are naturally exposed to virus and have herd immunity: Dr Vaibhav
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Urging the people not to panic and follow the Covid protocols religiously, Dr Vaibhav Suresh, Specialist Preventive Health, Fortis Hospital on Thursday said Indians were naturally exposed to the virus and have developed herd immunity as a result.
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Russia reports record daily COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], January 23 (ANI/Xinhua): Russia reported 63,205 COVID-19 infections in the past 24 hours, the highest daily count since the pandemic hit the country, taking the national tally to 11,108,191, the official monitoring and response centre said on Sunday.
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Putin says COVID-19 herd immunity stands in Russia at 59.4pc
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 23 (ANI/Sputnik): Russian President Vladimir Putin criticized vaccine skeptics on Thursday, saying that herd immunity to COVID-19 in the country was slightly under 60%, saying that it was "low" and that Russians needed at least an 80% herd immunity to be safe from t
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RDIF ready to provide one-shot Sputnik Light vaccine, Sputnik M vaccine to
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] December 6, (ANI): The Russian Direct Investment Fund (Russia's sovereign wealth fund) has said that it strives to expand the partnership between Russia and India in the fight against COVID by providing the one-shot Sputnik Light vaccine and Sputnik M vaccine (for adolescen
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Serosurvey will help to know how far we are from herd immunity, says scien
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 12 (ANI): With the Indian Council of Medical Research slated to conduct the fourth national serosurvey in the country this month, a scientist associated with CSIR has said it will help find out "how far are we from herd immunity" against COVID-19.
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EU on track for herd immunity from COVID-19 by mid-July: Vaccine chief
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], April 9 (ANI): The European Union is on track for herd immunity by mid-July, the EU's vaccine chief Thierry Breton has said.
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Herd immunity by natural infection very difficult, says AIIMS Director Gul
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], February 24 (ANI): Sero surveillance data has shown that only around 20 to 25 per cent of individuals across the country have positive antibodies, so herd immunity by natural infection is very difficult to achieve, according to All India Institute of Medical Sc
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India moving towards herd immunity as COVID-19 cases declining, no need to
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 31 (ANI): India is perhaps moving towards herd immunity as COVID-19 cases are declining and there is no need to panic over the new virus strain found in the United Kingdom because reports suggest that it not as virulent, doctors said at a webinar on Thursday.
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COVID-19: Spain will not reach herd immunity soon despite vaccination, say
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Madrid [Spain], December 29 (ANI/Sputnik): Spain will not reach herd immunity for a while even as mass vaccination is rolled out across the country, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Tuesday.
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WHO DG urges to go after COVID-19 virus, not the vulnerable
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 15 (ANI): As the countries continue to register news cases of coronavirus every day, World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has urged the leaders to maintain peace and focus on combatting against the virus and "not the vulner
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Indian population still far from achieving herd immunity shows ICMR's seco
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 27 (ANI): Indian population is still far from achieving herd immunity against COVID-19 as shown by Indian Council of Medical Research's (ICMR) second Sero Survey, the Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan said on Sunday adding that ICMR expert panel examining re
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