The Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IIT Kanpur), has said that people should not panic as 98 per cent of India's population has developed natural immunity against Covid.
By Simer Chawla: With Covid-19 once again spreading in China, speculations of lockdown in India have started surfacing. Amid all this, the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IIT Kanpur), has said that people should not panic as 98 per cent of India's population has developed natural immunity against Covid.
Professor Manindra Aggarwal, IIT Kanpur, said "It is possible that some people's immunity is weak and a small Covid wave may be witnessed. Other than that, it won't matter."
Based on his mathematical model, professor Aggarwal said that by the end of October only 5 per cent of the population in China had natural immunity.
"It increased to 20 per cent in November. Infections in China have increased rapidly since November. The Chinese government is reporting only one case in more than 500 cases of infection. Because of this, the number of daily cases in China are less," he added.
The professor also stated, "The countries of the world which have achieved natural immunity are not in any danger. The rise in cases in Brazil is due to the spread of a new, more virulent mutant of Omicron. 25 per cent of the population in South Korea, 40 per cent in Japan and 20 per cent in the United States have not been able to acquire natural immunity."
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