UK ‘Closest of Any Country’ to Exiting COVID-19 Pandemic: Expert

UK ‘Closest of Any Country’ to Exiting COVID-19 Pandemic: Expert
Commuters wear protective facemasks as they arrive at Paddington station in London on Nov. 30, 2021. Leon Neal/Getty Images
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The UK is the closest of any country in the northern hemisphere to exiting the COVID-19 pandemic and seeing it become endemic, an expert has said.

Professor David Heymann, from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), said the UK is probably one of the countries with the highest levels of population immunity.