COVID-19

Coronavirus: South Africa's COVID lockdown may have created 'herd immunity'

Leading scientists in South Africa believe the country has established a form of collective or herd immunity to COVID-19 after the number of infections unexpectedly plummeted following a major outbreak in June and July.

At the height of the pandemic, South Africa was ranked as the world’s fifth most-effected country, behind the US, India, Brazil and Russia – all of which have much larger populations.

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