Australia won’t see herd immunity any time soon, researchers warn

The Burnet Institute says Australia is unlikely to achieve herd immunity because of new variants and vaccine hesitancy
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Governments will need to maintain public health measures to prevent thousands of deaths from COVID-19 because Australia is unlikely to achieve herd immunity, researchers warn.  

The Burnet Institute in Melbourne ran modelling on three “near-worse-case” scenarios to predict possible futures.