India Should Declare End to Pandemic, Recognize Natural Immunity: COVID Task Force

India Should Declare End to Pandemic, Recognize Natural Immunity: COVID Task Force
A health official receives a dose of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India, at Infectious Diseases Hospital in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Jan. 29, 2021. Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters
Bill Pan
Bill Pan
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A task force of India’s top health experts is advising the Indian government to only recommend COVID vaccines to certain high-risk population groups, saying that natural infection provides superior immune protection than any of the current vaccines alone can offer.

“There is some evidence that suggests that natural infection may even provide lifelong immunity,” the experts said. “There is no evidence to the contrary, that is, vaccination alone provides better immunity than natural infection.”