While the UK has long abandoned the strategy of achieving herd immunity by allowing the virus to spread throughout the least at risk sections of the population, the availability of vaccines finally opened up the possibility of getting there without having to sacrifice the public's health. As the latest government figures show though, almost all of the UK has now reached the 90 percent mark. As of the week beginning 26 July, estimates based on blood test results taken from a randomly selected subsample of the adult population, indicate that England had the largest share of people with the relevant SARS-CoV-2 antibodies - 94.2 percent.
How many people have Covid-19 antibodies in the UK?
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This chart shows the estimated share of the UK population with SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in July 2021, by country.
