Coronavirus
(asked on 9th November 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the population that has immunity to covid-19; and if he will make a statement.
This question was answered on 18th November 2020
The proportion of people in the United Kingdom who are immune to COVID-19 is unknown at present. Government-funded research is ongoing to understand immunity to the virus and whether immunity impacts the chance of transmitting the virus through other means. For example, the large-scale SIREN study is monitoring healthcare workers for reinfections.