WHO warns that few have developed antibodies to Covid-19
by Sarah Boseley Health editor from Science | The Guardian on (#52DGM)
Herd immunity hopes dealt blow by report suggesting only 2%-3% of people have been infected
Only a tiny proportion of the global population - maybe as few as 2% or 3% - appear to have antibodies in the blood showing they have been infected with Covid-19, according to the World Health Organization, a finding that bodes ill for hopes that herd immunity will ease the exit from lockdown.
"Easing restrictions is not the end of the epidemic in any country," said WHO director-general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at a media briefing in Geneva on Monday. "So-called lockdowns can help to take the heat out of a country's epidemic."
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