The researchers believe that the epidemics in the UK and Italy could have started earlier than presumed and by mid-January at the latest. This may “have already led to the accumulation of significant levels of herd immunity in both countries,” they write. The findings are based on assumptions about the most likely characteristics of the disease and are yet to be peer-reviewed or published in a journal. However, the researchers suggest that the vast majority of people who contract Covid-19 may suffer little or no illness. They believe that as few as one in a

Source: The Times March 24, 2020 23:58 UTC