LONDON— 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 healthcare 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 against re-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 1,246 staff with antibodies developed a symptomatic infection. Those three were all well and did not develop COVID-19 symptoms, they added.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer November 20, 2020 11:48 UTC