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UN: COVID-19 herd immunity unlikely in 2021 despite vaccines

by Jamey KeatenMaria Cheng
| January 12, 2021 12:06 AM

GENEVA (AP) — 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.

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