Spain’s herd immunity prospects dashed as just 5pc of population has Covid-19 antibodies
Widespread coronavirus protection impossible to achieve without numerous deaths in susceptible populations
The final round of a major Spanish study has shown that just 5.2 per cent of people have developed antibodies to Covid-19, far below the numbers needed for herd immunity.
Spanish scientists said the results – the third and final set of findings from a study of 68,000 people – showed that Spain was a still some way from herd immunity, and any attempts to reach it naturally would "unethical".
Presenting the results, the director of Spain's National Centre of Epidemiology, Dr Marina Pollán said: “Spain is a long way from reaching so-called herd immunity, and it would be very unethical to expose the population to the coronavirus in an indiscriminate way."
Spain’s herd immunity prospects dashed as just 5pc of population has Covid-19 antibodies
And they were very hard hit country
Widespread coronavirus protection impossible to achieve without numerous deaths in susceptible populations
The final round of a major Spanish study has shown that just 5.2 per cent of people have developed antibodies to Covid-19, far below the numbers needed for herd immunity.
Spanish scientists said the results – the third and final set of findings from a study of 68,000 people – showed that Spain was a still some way from herd immunity, and any attempts to reach it naturally would "unethical".
Presenting the results, the director of Spain's National Centre of Epidemiology, Dr Marina Pollán said: “Spain is a long way from reaching so-called herd immunity, and it would be very unethical to expose the population to the coronavirus in an indiscriminate way."
Spain’s herd immunity prospects dashed as just 5pc of population has Covid-19 antibodies
And they were very hard hit country
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