Recovered COVID-19 patients can get reinfected after six months –Study
A study has revealed that patients who recovered from COVID-19 risk contracting the virus again after six months.
The team of researchers from the University of Amsterdam had engaged 10 volunteers for 35 years and tested them every month for four seasonal and weaker coronaviruses, which usually cause mild illnesses similar to the common cold. “Levels of antibodies, substances stored by the immune system to allow the body to fight off invaders in the future, dropped by 50 per cent after half a year and vanished completely after four years.
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