“Herd immunity can be acquired in two ways, either naturally or artificially. “Now, what the world is looking for is a vaccine that would help acquire artificial herd immunity against coronavirus,” said the professor while talking to Dhaka Tribune. “To reach herd immunity for Covid-19, 70% or more of the population will likely need to become immune. Sweden is comparatively doing better in controlling the Covid-19 virus transmission with 29,677 positive cases with 3,674 deaths as of Saturday. Requesting anonymity, a public health expert told Dhaka Tribune that if Bangladesh goes for achieving natural herd immunity the whole health system will collapse in no time.

Source: Dhaka Tribune May 17, 2020 04:52 UTC