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Scientists are working hard to understand and map the spread of the new coronavirus worldwide. One of the key questions about how long the pandemic can last is how many people have developed antibodies to the virus.
Experts have stated that around 60 percent of the population is believed to have antibodies to achieve collective immunity.
But despite the spread of the virus to over a hundred countries, overall, a small proportion of the population has shown antibodies.
WHO chief: a long way to go
This is according to studies carried out in Europe, the United States and Asia, among others.
Several studies show that only 1 to 10 percent of the population has developed antibodies.
– What studies have shown so far is that a low proportion of the population has developed antibodies, says Maria Van Kerkhove during Monday’s press conference.
She says there is a long way to go for collective immunity.
– Normally, flock immunity is a term used in vaccination, for which the proportion of the population must have immunity to protect the population. We don’t know exactly what the ratio to corona virus should be, but it’s definitely higher than what we see in studies, he says and continues:
– What this indicates is that there is still a large proportion of the population that is susceptible to the virus.
