*Washington DC: *A new review published in Frontiers in Public Healthsuggests that COVID-19, the illness caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, willlikely become seasonal in countries with temperate climates, but only whenherd immunity is attained.
Until that time, COVID-19 will continue to circulate across the seasons.
These conclusions highlight the absolute importance of public healthmeasures needed just now to control the virus. “COVID-19 is here to stayand it will continue to cause outbreaks year-round until herd immunity isachieved.
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Therefore, the public will need to learn to live with it and continuepracticing the best prevention measures, including wearing of masks,physical distancing, hand hygiene, and avoidance of gatherings,” saidsenior author of the study Dr Hassan Zaraket, of the American University ofBeirut in Lebanon.
