New coronavirus variants may make reinfection MORE common for COVID-19 survivors

New coronavirus variants across the global could interrupt the progress being made in the battle against the pandemic. Over the past few weeks, a number of new strains have been found, including in the UK, South Africa and Brazil. Scientists warn that these new variants could easily reinfect people who have survived COVID-19 because there … Read more

Previous coronavirus infection gives MORE protection against reinfection than Oxford vaccine

People previously infected with the coronavirus have more protection against reinfection five months later than people getting the Oxford vaccine, and the same level of immunity that is provided by the Pfizer jab, a Public Health England (PHE) study has found.  Data from PHE’s SIREN study, which follows more than 20,000 healthcare workers at more … Read more

Catching coronavirus makes you immune to symptomatic reinfection, study claims 

Catching coronavirus DOES make you immune to symptomatic reinfection for at least 6 months, study suggests Researchers scrutinised data from 11,000 healthcare workers in Newcastle  Found nobody who tested positive developed symptoms several months later  Researchers write that previous infection ‘appears to result in protection against symptomatic infection’ By Joe Pinkstone For Mailonline Published: 13:12 GMT, … Read more

COVID-19: People with antibodies ‘ARE protected against reinfection’

People who have previously caught the coronavirus and have antibodies are unlikely to get infected again within six months, a NHS study shows.  Research from Oxford University Hospitals looked at 12,180 healthcare workers in Oxford hospitals from April through to November.  Antibody tests revealed 1,246 workers had already caught the virus by the time the study … Read more

People with COVID-19 antibodies ‘ARE protected against reinfection’

People who have previously caught the coronavirus and have antibodies are unlikely to get infected again within six months, a NHS study shows.  Research from Oxford University Hospitals looked at 12,180 healthcare workers in Oxford hospitals from April through to November.  Antibody tests revealed 1,246 workers had already caught the virus by the time the study … Read more

Coronavirus: UK scientist says risk of reinfection is ‘low’ but people should still be cautious

Can you catch Covid twice? Top scientist says risk is ‘low’ but admits as many as 10% of recovered patients could get the virus again as self-isolating Boris Johnson claims he’s ‘bursting with antibodies’ Imperial College’s Danny Altmann said recovered patients ‘should not be blasé’  Scientists have found ‘hard confirmed’ cases of people infected twice … Read more

10,000 NHS workers sign up to take part in study into Covid reinfection

Ten thousand healthcare workers have signed up to take part in a Government study which aims to solve the mystery of whether people can get reinfected with Covid-19. Public Health England researchers will follow volunteers for at least a year, regularly swabbing them for the virus and taking blood samples to search for antibodies.  Participants are … Read more