The World Health Organization (WHO) has named the proportion of the world's population with antibodies to coronavirus. This was stated by the chief researcher of the WHO Sumiya Swaminathan, an interview with the expert was published on the official Twitter channel of the organization.
Less than 10 percent of the world's people have developed antibodies to the virus, she said. The specialist said that WHO is closely following numerous studies of the spread of the disease, including in the urban environment. So, she explained that, according to the results of some of them, in densely populated areas, sometimes at least half of the population has antibodies. However, the expert notes that even this does not allow talking about the achievement of herd immunity.
The scientist emphasized that the only way to achieve herd immunity is through vaccination on a global scale.
Earlier, RAS Corresponding Member Alexander Gorelov disclosed the number of Russians who are immune to coronavirus. The scientific director of the Central Research Institute of Epidemiology of Rospotrebnadzor said that, according to his calculations, now 8-9 million citizens have immunity to coronavirus, which is 5.7-6 percent of the country's population.
