Tag: herd immunity

Bhubaneswar: Chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday reiterated Odisha's support to the Central government in the fight against COVID-19. Speaking at the meeting of Prime Minister Narendra Modi with chief ...

Geneva: Even as vaccines against COVID-19 are being rolled out by several countries, a top scientist at the World Health Organization has warned that mass vaccinations would not bring about ...

New Delhi: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Sunday said that India was far from achieving herd against COVID-19. The minister, citing Indian Council of Medical Research’s (ICMR) sero-survey, also ...

London: The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday said the planet is nowhere near the amount of coronavirus immunity needed to induce herd immunity. Herd immunity is typically achieved with ...

London: The chief scientist of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr Soumya Swaminathan, has warned that the concept of “herd immunity” (a large section of the population developing antibodies) against ...

Bhubaneswar: The Chief Spokesperson of Odisha Government on COVID-19, Subroto Bagchi in his daily briefing on Monday referred to ‘herd immunity’ being “the only option of containing the pandemic besides ...