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Denmark measures low herd immunity in blood from blood donors
Today, 03:56 PM
Apr 05, 2020
We have started measuring the antibodies blood from the blood donors, which indicates that about 3.5 percent of the healthy population in Copenhagen has antibodies to coronavirus and less than two percent in Aarhus, he says.
Henrik Ullum had hoped that the number of people with antibodies was higher. Because as it seems right now, another wave of coronavirus could potentially hit Denmark just as hard as the first.
- If we had a high herd immunity, then reopening the community is not problematic. But with a low herd immunity, there are still many who are at risk for coronavirius. The numbers indicate that we are not very far with coronavirus.
The figures from the blood banks are sent to the National Serum Institute so that they can lay out strategies for the future on the best possible basis.
FRANCE
France will not start to reopen until next month, Macron says.
France’s lockdown, which severely restricts movement and gatherings, will continue for at least four more weeks, until May 11, President Emmanuel Macron of France announced on Monday.
“The epidemic is not yet under control,” Mr. Macron said in a televised address.
May 11 will mark a major turning point in the fight against the coronavirus, he said, when schools will reopen and many people will be able to return to work.
But even as some restrictions are lifted or loosened, he warned, others will stay in place. Many businesses — like cafes, restaurants, museums or hotels — will remain closed, Mr. Macron said, and the most vulnerable citizens, like the elderly or the disabled, will remain confined, “at least initially.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/13/world/coronavirus-news-world-international-global.html#link-8519a2d