If I’ve already had the coronavirus, can I get it once more? It’s potential, however such instances appear to be uncommon. It’s commonplace to develop some immunity to a virus after an an infection, since our our bodies are usually higher at recognizing and combating off bugs they’ve encountered earlier than. And that appears to be the case with the coronavirus as properly, although scientists are nonetheless making an attempt to determine how lengthy any safety may final.
Some reinfections have been confirmed, however two new research counsel that’s very uncommon.
In a single, solely two out of 1,265 well being staff in the UK who had been beforehand contaminated ended up testing constructive once more for the coronavirus within the following six months. In one other examine of individuals within the U.S., solely 0.3% of people that had been contaminated examined constructive for the virus over the following a number of months – across the identical price of positivity because the U.Ok examine.
The findings bode properly for the COVID-19 vaccines which are being rolled out, which set off the form of immune responses that the research discovered protecting.
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