Chief Scientist of the World Health Organization (WHO) Sumya Swaminathan estimated the likelihood of population immunization in 2021. Her words are reported by TASS.
According to Swaminathan, the world will not be able to achieve herd immunization next year. “In some countries, there will be vulnerable people. Therefore, measures must be observed while vaccinations are carried out among the most vulnerable people, and we begin to reach other segments of the population,” she explained.
The specialist noted that over time, vaccines against coronavirus will arrive in all countries. “But we have to be patient,” she added. According to Swaminathan, a year ago no one could have imagined that several vaccines would appear in the world at once. Despite this, measures against coronavirus must be observed at least until the end of the year, she concluded.
Earlier, the director of the WHO emergency program, Michael Ryan, said that the spread of false information and conspiracy theories on social networks hinders the victory over the pandemic.