Global Health: There has been no collective immunity against Corona virus this year despite the vaccines

Sumya Swaminathan is the chief scientist at WHO.

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Today, Monday, the World Health Organization warned that herd immunity against Covid-19 will not be secure this year, despite the start of the distribution of vaccines in several countries.

"We will not reach herd immunity in 2021," said the scientific officer of the organization Somaya Swaminathan, from Geneva, stressing the importance of continuing to apply protection measures such as social distancing, washing hands and wearing masks to control the epidemic.

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