When asked if this meant Covid-19 might become like Influenza, Poppema, who is also president of Sunway University, said it would eventually.

While not typical in Malaysia, influenza historically causes between three and five million cases annually, of which between 300,000 and 650,000 on average are fatal.

“Governments believe that as long as their countries have achieved 80 per cent herd immunity, it should be treated like flu with a few hundred thousand infections and few thousand deaths per year,” she said. 

一体　何年先のことだろう。

以上 (8/23記)