LONDON, Nov 20 (Reuters) - People who’ve had COVID-19 are highly unlikely to contract it again for at least six months after their first infection, according to a British study of health care workers on the frontline of fight against the coronavirus pandemic. Isolated cases of re-infection with COVID-19, the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, had raised concerns that immunity might be short-lived and that recovered patients may swiftly fall sick again. “Being infected with COVID-19 does offer protection agains tre-infection for most people for at least six months,” Eyre said. During the study, 89 of 11,052 staff without antibodies developed a new infection with symptoms, while none of the 1,246staff with antibodies developed a symptomatic infection. Staff with antibodies were also less likely to test positive for COVID-19 without symptoms, the researchers said, with 76without antibodies testing positive, compared to only three with antibodies.

Source: Huffington Post November 21, 2020 16:41 UTC