'COVID-19 vaccine likely in 2020, but production only by 2021-end'

Swedens chief epidemiologist Dr Anders Tegnell said Covid19 vaccine may be developed in 2020 but its production will only start by the end of 2021In a webinar organized by Public Health Foundation of India Tegnell who is also the architect of Covid19 Swedens lockdownlite said To reach full herd immunity to stop the disease and may be get rid of the disease in the long term by certain you need a vaccineSwedens chief epidemiologist Dr Anders Tegnell said Covid19 vaccine may be developed in 2020 but its production will only start by the end of 2021CoronavirusOutbreak COVID__19 pictwittercomdPC2IhITCQmdash IANS Tweets ians_india May 30 2020Vaccine may be developed in 2020 but the production will start maybe by the end of 2021 He added people do get immunity from Covid19 We can tell this from fourfive months of experience and from our Swedish experience we can say that we do not have a single person who has contracted the disease twiceThere are very few reports even internationally people getting it more than once We have a very strong system in Sweden to identify if a person has disease twice said Tegnell Explaining the aspect of immunity against the viral infection Tegnell said that for how long the immunity will last it has not been established yet it may last for months and maybe for yearsHe insisted that herd immunity is a complicated matter but already with levels of immunity of the population which is much lower than the threshold of the herd immunity would affect the speed of the spreadCiting the herd immunity in Stockholm he added that at least 15th of the population in Stockholm is immune by now and its apparent from the decrease of spread of the infection This will cut down on the spread of the disease considerably he addedHe added that Covid19 will stay for a long time which means there should be some kind of sustainable response and part of this will be of course the number of immune people in the population Detailing the secondary rate of attack of disease where a family member infects others in the family Tegnell said We see a fair amount of spread within familiesLot of people get disease very mildly and you only catch them if you do PCR on them From one case of severe disease you may have 70 to 80 people with mild disease The number of people we do not recognize is very highResponding to the query why no masks in Sweden Tegnell said We fairly know for certain that masks do not protect you from getting ill outside of the hospital because the kind of mask you use will not stop the virus from entering your respiratory tract It might have some effect on you of infecting other people when you are sickHe added that in Sweden people are told it is better to stay home when sick rather than wear the mask As many other countries we are quite hesitant about the level of evidence with a maskThere are also handling issues you should know how to handle masksIn Sweden wearing a mask will cause more problems than benefitsCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates MidDay is now on Telegram Click here to join our channel middayinfomedialtd and stay updated with the latest newsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever