An Israeli medical institute, which is soon to publish a study claiming almost one-third of Jerusalem youngsters were likely infected with COVID-19, has also revealed another vital finding. In another study from Israel’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center, the neutralizing antibodies that develop after contracting COVID, start declining in children after only four months. This means that children who built COVID-19 immunity after overcoming the infection may have a weakened immune response after only a little more than 100 days from the infection. More importantly, the findings may be an indication of children having a weaker long-term immunity against COVID-19. Dr. Yechiel Schlesinger, an author of the study, stated that the lower long-term immunological response in children compared to adults is due to reduced antibody levels.

Source: dna August 10, 2021 08:15 UTC