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The World Health Organization’s chief scientist warned that even as numerous countries start rolling out vaccination programs to stop COVID-19, herd immunity is highly unlikely this year. At a media briefing on Monday, Dr. Soumya Swaminathan said it was critical countries and their populations maintain strict social distancing and other outbreak control measures for the foreseeable future. “Even as vaccines start protecting the most vulnerable, we’re not going to achieve any levels of population immunity or herd immunity in 2021,” Swaminathan said.
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By LIA ZHU in San Francisco | China Daily | Updated: 2020-12-26 13:57 Share CLOSE Nurse Marlon Stanford gives Dean Harper, 65, a coronavirus test at a Los Angeles Mission homeless shelter Thanksgiving meal giveaway, as the global outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Los Angeles, California, Nov 25, 2020. [Photo/Agencies]
Coronavirus cases have soared among the homeless population in the major cities of California, one of the hardest-hit states by COVID-19 in the United States.
San Francisco, which has more than 8,000 homeless residents, has seen a spike this month. The city reported 67 confirmed cases among homeless people from Dec 1 to Dec 21, more than those in September, October and November combined, data from the city s public health department showed.