80% of population double-jabbed in Bahrain

80% of population double-jabbed in Bahrain

Bahrain is marking a new turning point in its coronavirus response, having double-jabbed close to 1.2 million people, or 80 per cent of its population.

As of Friday 1,197,515 people (79.83pc) have been fully inoculated with two shots of a vaccine of their choice while 1,227,953 have received at least one jab, which is 82pc of the total population of 1.5 million.

A total of 952,972 citizens and residents have also taken the first booster shot until Friday, accounting for 65.5pc of the total population … and some older members have even received a second booster jab too.

Experts had earlier said that countries would achieve ‘herd immunity’ and win the virus battle if around 80-90pc of the population had Covid-19 antibodies – either through prior infection or vaccination.

However, leading medics now say that the highly-contagious Omicron variant has drastically changed the equation, with herd immunity an unlikely dream. They say that new variants are – and would continue to be – capable of re-infecting people, both vaccinated and recovered.

Yet, there is hope.

Experts are now citing growing evidence of ‘hybrid immunity or super immunity’ – where vaccination and prior infection would evoke the ‘strongest immune response in the body’ thereby leading to a