While the world waits for a coronavirus vaccine, many nations are banking on a certain degree of natural “herd immunity” to return to relative normalcy.
But according to the World Health Organization, it might not be that easy.
“There is currently no evidence that people who have recovered from COVID-19 and have antibodies are protected from a second infection,” the WHO said in a statement Friday.
The statement comes after some in China, where the outbreak originated, were diagnosed with coronavirus for a second time after appearing to recover from the highly contagious virus once before, McClatchy News reported in mid-March.
Country Total Recovered
USA 118,162
Germany 109,800
Spain 95,708
China 77,346
Iran 68,193
Italy 63,120
France 44,594
Brazil 29,160
Turkey 25,582
Switzerland 21,300
Canada 16,425
Austria 12,103
Belgium 10,417
Ireland 9,233
S. Korea 8,635
Peru 7,797
Mexico 7,149
Chile 6,746
Israel 6,435
Russia 6,250
India 5,939
Denmark 5,669
Australia 5,372
Malaysia 3,762
Luxembourg 3,088
Romania 2,890
Pakistan 2,866
Thailand 2,547
Finland 2,500
Czechia 2,453
Saudi Arabia 2,215
Poland 2,126
UAE 1,887
Japan 1,656
Belarus 1,573
Iceland 1,570
Algeria 1,479
South Africa 1,473
Ecuador 1,366
Portugal 1,277
Iraq 1,224
Bahrain 1,160
Serbia 1,152
New Zealand 1,118
Egypt 1,114
Azerbaijan 1,080
Colombia 1,067
Indonesia 1,042
Croatia 1,034
Argentina 1,030
Sweden 1,005
Singapore 1,002
Qatar 929
Moldova 825
Dominican Republic 822
Armenia 803
Philippines 792
Ukraine 782
Hong Kong 753
Uzbekistan 707
Cameroon 697
Kuwait 656
Kazakhstan 646
Diamond Princess 645
Bosnia and Herzegovina 592
Greece 577
Morocco 537
Lithuania 460
Hungary 458
Burkina Faso 442
Cuba 437
Ivory Coast 419
Albania 403
Slovakia 386
North Macedonia 374
Djibouti 373
Uruguay 369
Kyrgyzstan 345
Andorra 344
Channel Islands 332
Jordan 332
Oman 329
Niger 325
Panama 319
Réunion 300
Mauritius 295
Senegal 276
Taiwan 275
Latvia 267
Malta 249
Isle of Man 243
Costa Rica 242
Estonia 228
Vietnam 225
Nigeria 222
Slovenia 219
Guinea 208
Tunisia 207
Bulgaria 197
Afghanistan 188
Faeroe Islands 178
Montenegro 153
Cyprus 148
Mayotte 144
Lebanon 143
Georgia 139
Ghana 134
Venezuela 132
Gibraltar 131
Brunei 121
Sri Lanka 118
Cambodia 117
Bangladesh 113
Kenya 98
Palestine 92
Mali 91
Rwanda 88
French Guiana 87
Guadeloupe 82
Paraguay 78
Martinique 77
El Salvador 75
Aruba 69
San Marino 64
Madagascar 62
Togo 62
Honduras 58
Liechtenstein 55
Bolivia 54
Trinidad and Tobago 53
DRC 49
Tanzania 48
Uganda 46
Monaco 42
French Polynesia 41
Bermuda 39
Zambia 37
Norway 32
Barbados 31
Guatemala 30
Gabon 30
Ethiopia 29
Jamaica 28
Benin 27
Macao 27
Liberia 25
Saint Martin 24
Sint Maarten 22
Sudan 19
Congo 19
Libya 18
Maldives 17
New Caledonia 17
Bahamas 15
Chad 15
Saint Lucia 15
Eritrea 13
Guyana 12
Mozambique 12
Nepal 12
Syria 11
Antigua and Barbuda 11
Curaçao 11
Falkland Islands 11
Greenland 11
