{"id":54491,"date":"2020-08-26T22:45:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-26T19:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/everything-we-know-about-coronavirus-reinfections\/"},"modified":"2020-08-26T22:45:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-26T19:45:00","slug":"everything-we-know-about-coronavirus-reinfections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/everything-we-know-about-coronavirus-reinfections\/","title":{"rendered":"#Everything we know about coronavirus reinfections"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a245da0eac0b\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" 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ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/everything-we-know-about-coronavirus-reinfections\/#Where_are_there_confirmed_cases_of_COVID-19_reinfection\" >Where are there confirmed cases of COVID-19 reinfection?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/everything-we-know-about-coronavirus-reinfections\/#Is_COVID-19_reinfection_dangerous_and_can_you_develop_immunity\" >Is COVID-19 reinfection dangerous and can you develop immunity?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/everything-we-know-about-coronavirus-reinfections\/#How_long_do_antibodies_last\" >How long do antibodies last?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/everything-we-know-about-coronavirus-reinfections\/#What_does_this_mean_for_a_COVID-19_vaccine\" >What does this mean for a COVID-19 vaccine?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/everything-we-know-about-coronavirus-reinfections\/#Where_else_have_there_been_possible_COVID-19_reinfections\" >Where else have there been possible COVID-19 reinfections?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Everything we know about coronavirus reinfections<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n                        At least three people this week were infected with COVID-19 a second time, throwing into question what we know about immunity to the deadly virus.<\/p>\n<p>While reinfections have been reported in the past, including some in South Korea in May, it later emerged that the cases were likely a result of false positives during testing.<\/p>\n<p>But the new cases are far more credible \u2014 and more concerning to some scientists.<\/p>\n<p>The new cases were confirmed with rigorous genetic testing and also revealed a slightly different strain of the virus, which one scientist called \u201cnot good <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Where_are_there_confirmed_cases_of_COVID-19_reinfection\"><\/span><strong>Where are there confirmed cases of COVID-19 reinfection?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In the Netherlands, an older person with a weakened immune system was reinfected with the coronavirus, health officials confirmed Tuesday, according to Sky News.<\/p>\n<p>A second European patient, from Belgium, was also reinfected in mid-June after first catching the virus in March, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>Little else is known about the patients\u2019 names, ages or situations.<\/p>\n<p>The European cases come after researchers on Monday revealed a 33-year-old Hong Kong man was the first patient ever confirmed to be reinfected with the coronavirus, according to the New York Times.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>arently young and healthy patient first fell ill with a mild case of the virus in March then tested positive again at an airport this month after returning from a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a> to Spain, according to researchers from the University of Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_COVID-19_reinfection_dangerous_and_can_you_develop_immunity\"><\/span><strong>Is COVID-19 reinfection dangerous and can you develop immunity?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In the case of the man from Hong Kong, scientists said that even though the previous infection didn\u2019t prevent him from contracting COVID-19 again, his immune system likely kept the virus in check the second time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe second infection was completely asymptomatic \u2014 his immune response prevented the disease from getting worse,\u201d Akiko Iwasaki, an immunologist at Yale University, told The New York Times. \u201cIt\u2019s kind of a textbook example of how immunity should work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She added, \u201cNatural infection created immunity that prevented disease but not reinfection.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Doctors also reported that the patient from Belgium suffered only mild symptoms after catching the virus again.<\/p>\n<p>However, while some scientists said reinfections were \u201cexpected,\u201d the new cases raise concerns in the scientific community about immunity to the disease.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that in the coming days that we will see other similar stories. These could be exceptions, but do exist. It\u2019s not good news,\u201d Belgian virologist Marc Van Ranst said, according to NBC.<\/p>\n<p>There is currently no evidence that people who have recovered from COVID-19 and have antibodies are protected from a second infection, according to the World Health Organization.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_long_do_antibodies_last\"><\/span>How long do antibodies last?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>COVID-19 is still too new for scientists to know the answer to that question. But the man from Hong Kong was reinfected roughly four months after first contracting the virus. The patient from Belgium caught it again three months later.<\/p>\n<p>According to Van Ranst, more people could experience a COVID-19 reinfection \u201cafter six or seven months.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>By comparison, a person can be reinfected with the common cold in less than a year but experts had hoped that the new coronavirus would behave more like SARS and MERS \u2014 which produce anti-bodies lasting a few years.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_does_this_mean_for_a_COVID-19_vaccine\"><\/span><strong>What does this mean for a COVID-19 vaccine?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Scientists don\u2019t yet know. But if the coronavirus mutates faster than anticipated, people may need to get vaccinations more often \u2014 similar to the way flu shots are distributed, New York Times <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a> writer Donald McNeil suggested on the podcast The Daily.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Where_else_have_there_been_possible_COVID-19_reinfections\"><\/span><strong>Where else have there been possible COVID-19 reinfections?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Doctors have reported several cases of presumed reinfection in the United States \u2014 including in Los Angeles and New Jersey. South Korea has also reported cases of presumed reinfections.<\/p>\n<p>However, none of those cases have been confirmed through rigorous genetic testing.\n            <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more News articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/general\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">General category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>if you want to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">watch Movies<\/a> or Tv Shows go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/dizi.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dizi.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a> <\/span> for forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/article\/everything-we-know-about-coronavirus-reinfections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;#Everything we know about coronavirus reinfections&#8221; At least three people this week were infected with COVID-19 a second time, throwing into question what we know about immunity to the deadly virus. 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