{"id":409,"date":"2020-04-21T03:19:42","date_gmt":"2020-04-21T03:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalscitechsolutionsltd.com\/?p=409"},"modified":"2020-04-21T03:19:42","modified_gmt":"2020-04-21T03:19:42","slug":"who-warns-that-few-have-developed-antibodies-to-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalscitechsolutionsltd.com\/who-warns-that-few-have-developed-antibodies-to-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"WHO warns that few have developed antibodies to Covid-19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Herd immunity hopes dealt blow by report suggesting only 2% -3% of people have been infected<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“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.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But serological testing to find out how large a proportion of the population have had infection and developed antibodies to it – which it is hoped will mean they have some level of immunity – suggest that the numbers are low.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Early data suggests that a relatively small percentage of the expanded may have been infected,” Tedros said. “Not more than 2% -3%.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n