Russia says world closer to return to normal than many recognize, as global population nears threshold needed for herd immunity

Back to normal

Back to normal by summer. It’s a bold ambition after almost a year of pandemic-related disruption but, according to the Kremlin, it is a real possibility as the number of people immune to Covid-19 across the world rises further.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told TASS on Monday that sufficient numbers of people will have caught the virus or been immunized against it to form a protective shield across society later this year. “It’s already clear that we will be able to approach August with, as they say, an open visor,” he added.

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