Omicron: Herd immunity will be short-lived, experts caution

Health experts have said the Omicron variant of the coronavirus might have provided herd immunity, but which will wane with time.

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“herd immunity” generally occurs when a large portion of the population is immune, and the virus or bacteria can’t find a host within which it can reproduce. Herd immunity can

The outbreak was first detected around the last week of August when the Health ministry noticed an increase of people especially children under five years complaining about having

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Diarrhoea can cause a lot of discomfort to the Mayo Clinic. other mutations of the coronavirus.

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But the problem with herd immunity, and “An infection with this particular variant another mutation or variant of concern surges particularly with the COVID-19 virus, is that doesn’t guarantee protection against future that more completely evades the antibodies it is likely time sensitive according to Presidential variants. people have built up, “we start all over,” he said.