A person cycles in Reykjavik, Iceland, on 3 September 2020 REUTERS / Alamy
Like some other countries, Iceland has scrapped its remaining covid-19 restrictions. Unlike other nations, however, its health ministry coupled this move with a startling announcement: the country will start aiming for herd immunity.
“Widespread societal resistance to covid-19 is the main route out of the epidemic,” the government said in a statement on 23 February. “To achieve this, as many people as possible need to be infected with the virus as the vaccines are not enough, even though they provide good protection against serious illness.”
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