PARIS: Europe could have herd immunity against Covid-19 by July, a European Union commissioner has said, as incoming jabs are expected to speed up the continent’s sluggish vaccine rollout. “Let’s take a symbolic date: by July 14, we have the possibility of achieving immunity across the continent,” Thierry Breton, the EU’s commissioner for the internal market told French broadcaster TF1. “We’re in the home stretch, because we know that to beat this pandemic there’s just one solution: vaccination. Breton said he was confident more vaccines will arrive soon, with 300-350 million doses expected between March and June. He added that 55 factories would now be producing vaccines in Europe.

Source: Manila Times March 22, 2021 03:45 UTC