Covid-19: What proportion of the population must be vaccinated to get out of the pandemic?
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A nurse prepares to perform a vaccination in an nursing home in Bobigny (Ile de France).
December 30, 2020. REUTERS - CHARLES PLATIAU
By: Caroline Paré Follow
3 min
While the Covid-19 pandemic has plunged the world into a health, economic and social crisis, hope to get out of this situation relies heavily on vaccination.
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Great Britain, France, China… countries are adopting different vaccination strategies while facing the fears of the population.
Do we know what proportion of the population must be vaccinated to get out of the pandemic?
After the injection, when is the vaccine effective?
Pr Philippe Sansonetti
, Doctor, microbiologist.
Professor emeritus at the
Institut Pasteur.
Professor at the
Collège de France.
Member of the
Academy of Sciences.
Author of several books including
Vaccins
published by Odile Jacob and
You will love your microbes like yourself
published by the Collège de France
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