The thought of fighting covid with herd immunity is wrong: WHO chief scientist
Soumya Swaminathan, WHO Chief Scientist, stated that even though herd immunity is a natural process to fight covid, it will take a lot of time.
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Curbing the covid transmission through the natural process of herd immunity is a wrong thought, said World Health organisation's Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan on Thursday.(Fabrice Coffrini/Pool via REUTERS)
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She further explained that even though this is the natural process, to curb a viral transmission through herd immunity takes a lot of time. Hence, it causes more transmission and deaths.(Shanky Rathore/ANI)
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In an interview with NDTV, Soumya Swaminathan said that Omicron's sub-variant BA.2 is more powerful than BA.1. BA.2 has already started transmitting in countries such as India and Denmark.(ANI )
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She further added that WHO is currently researching on the transmission power of Omicron and how the covid variant can affect long-lasting immunity.(Yogendra Kumar/ANI)
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