In Focus

How many people need to be vaccinated to get back to normal?

Herd immunity percentage is not a ‘magic threshold’

by

17 May 2021

.polaris__post-meta--date { display: none; } .polaris__post-meta--date.no-script { display: block; padding-left: 45px } 17 May 2021

Margaret Keenan

Margaret Keenan was the first patient in the UK to receive the Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine

Jacob King/Pool/Getty Images

To continue reading for free, please register your details below

We will use the details you have shared to manage your registration. You agree to the processing, storage, sharing and use of this information for the purpose of managing your registration as described in our Privacy Policy.

Would you like to receive The WeekDay newsletter?

The WeekDay newsletter provides you with a daily digest of news and analysis.

We will use the details you have shared to manage your newsletter subscription. You agree to the processing, storage, sharing and use of this information for the purpose of managing your subscription as described in our Privacy Policy.

We will use the information you have shared for carefully considered and specific purposes, where we believe we have a legitimate case to do so, for example to send you communications about similar products and services we offer. You can find out more about our legitimate interest activity in our Privacy Policy.

If you wish to object to the use of your data in this way, please tick here.

'We' includes The Week and other Dennis Group brands as detailed here.

Continue Reading

Recommended

Keir Starmer

.imgHideOnJavaScriptDisabled_https://mediacloud.theweek.co.uk/image/private/s--hPt2l-nl--/f_auto,t_card-mobile@1/v1632930640/theweek/2021/09/Keir%20Starmer.jpg { display: none !important; }

Instant Opinion

‘Labour ought to be leading the work to strengthen our democracy’

Ebola

.imgHideOnJavaScriptDisabled_https://mediacloud.theweek.co.uk/image/private/s--ZZX1WPHx--/f_auto,t_card-mobile@1/v1603050481/theweek/2015/11/151123-ebola.jpg { display: none !important; }

Today’s big question

What will the next global pandemic look like?

A young man sniffs cocaine

.imgHideOnJavaScriptDisabled_https://mediacloud.theweek.co.uk/image/private/s--zjicDA_o--/f_auto,t_card-mobile@1/v1638785651/GettyImages-129377140.jpg { display: none !important; }

Why we’re talking about . . .

PM launches ten-year drugs plan amid cocaine in Commons claims

Covid-19 test centre at Heathrow Terminal 5

.imgHideOnJavaScriptDisabled_https://mediacloud.theweek.co.uk/image/private/s--AlBtFHVI--/f_auto,t_card-mobile@1/v1631610369/theweek/2021/09/Covid-19%20test%20centre%20at%20Heathrow%20Terminal%205%20%20GettyImages-1233249170.jpg { display: none !important; }

Getting to grips with . . .

UK’s updated Covid travel rules explained

Popular articles

Boris Johnson

.imgHideOnJavaScriptDisabled_https://mediacloud.theweek.co.uk/image/private/s--lzwHHn_2--/f_auto,t_card-mobile@1/v1637238989/theweek/2021/GettyImages-1200167980%20Cropped.jpg { display: none !important; }

Behind the scenes

Is Boris Johnson’s authority ‘evaporating’?

Xi Jinping

.imgHideOnJavaScriptDisabled_https://mediacloud.theweek.co.uk/image/private/s--gs7UWUV---/f_auto,t_card-mobile@1/v1638368501/theweek/2021/12/GettyImages-180776878.jpg { display: none !important; }

In Depth

Is World War Three looming?

Vladimir Putin and his now ex-wife Lyudmila Putina

.imgHideOnJavaScriptDisabled_https://mediacloud.theweek.co.uk/image/private/s--veW6PEOL--/f_auto,t_card-mobile@1/v1637751883/theweek/2021/11/The%20Putins%20in%20June%202007%20in%20Rostock-Laage%2C%20Germany.jpg { display: none !important; }

Profile

Vladimir Putin and his mysterious love life

.imgHideOnJavaScriptDisabled_https://mediacloud.theweek.co.uk/image/private/s--ncUcJBMU--/f_auto,t_banner-image-mobile@1/v1623327551/Misc/theweekuk-footer-image.png { display: none !important; }