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herd immunity

/ˌhɜːd ɪˈmjuːnəti/noun

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    [U] medical

    protection from an infectious disease that a whole population has when a large proportion of people are immune to it, through vaccination or earlier infection

    सामूहिक प्रतिरक्षा, हर्ड इम्युनिटी

    • Vaccinating most children helps to build herd immunity against measles.
    • Experts warned that herd immunity cannot be reached without vaccines.

    Synonyms community immunity