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Herd Immunity May Be Developing in Mumbai’s Poorest Areas
- Sero survey finds 57% of Mumbai slum-dwellers have antibodies
- Fewer cases may be due to herd immunity, not measures: expert
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Around six in ten people living in some of India’s biggest slums have antibodies for the novel coronavirus indicating they’ve recovered from infection, in what could be one of the highest population immunity levels known worldwide.