MANILA, Philippines — The NCR Plus 8 may control the spread of COVID-19 by October if the vaccination rate will be around 250,000 doses a day, the OCTA Research said Wednesday.
OCTA Research fellow and molecular biologist Fr. Nicanor Austriaco explained that containment can be achieved if 40 to 50 percent of the population in an area is vaccinated against COVID-19, resulting in an attack rate of less than 1 per 100,000 population.
This is different from so-called herd immunity, which can be attained if 70 to 80 percent of the population gets vaccinated, leading to an attack rate of almost zero.
“For containment, at the rate of 250,000 doses per day, the NCR Plus 8 will ach…
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