MANILA, Philippines — A think tank said on Monday that most Asian countries could achieve herd immunity — including from the more contagious Delta variant of COVID-19 — by next year, except for the Philippines and Vietnam where mass vaccination lagged behind their neighbors’ vaccine rollout.
In a report on “vaccination rates [in] emerging Asia” posted on its website on Monday, the United Kingdom-based Pantheon Macroeconomics said herd immunity could be achieved if 85 percent of populations were vaccinated, taking into consideration the emergence of the Delta variant first detected in India in February.
At the current pace of vaccinations in emerging Asian economies includ…
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