[Kipsang Joseph,Standard]Some 105 people have in the last 24 hours tested positive for coronavirus in Kenya. Meanwhile, the novel coronavirus pandemic has brought “ herd immunity ” to the public consciousness, kindling hope the phenomenon can help slow or even end the outbreak. Herd immunity refers to a large portion of a community developing a degree of immunity to a virus, thereby reducing person-to-person spread. This comes as the government approved the first Covid-19 vaccine trials to be conducted in the country. South Africa started trials for the same Oxford University vaccine, known as ChAdOx1 nCoV-19, in June.

Source: Standard Digital September 19, 2020 12:26 UTC