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Can a person get relapse of COVID-19 infection after recovery?

Posted: 07 Mar 2020, 11:03
by SangeethaKamal
As like other infection COVID-19 will relapse after successful recovery? How about the immunity levels of recovered COVID-19 patients?

Re: Can a person get relapse of COVID-19 after recovery?

Posted: 11 Mar 2020, 08:02
by SangeethaKamal
Li QinGyuan, Director of Chinese Japan Friendship Hospital Pneumonia Prevention and Treatment, states that people infected with Covid 19 produce a defense antibody – but how long defense will last is not clear.

It is suspected that the virus in children at least induces short-term immunity.

The immune response to Covid-19 is not yet understood,” the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) explains. “Patients with MERS-CoV infection are unlikely to be reinfected shortly after they recover.