Tag: reinfection
France: coronavirus VOI 19B/501Y, aka HMN.19B or Henri Mondor variant could be a reinfection risk
The VOI 19B / 501Y (lineage A.27) has been detected infrequently but regularly in France since January 2021. More...
Israel: Covid-19 reinfection hits 1 in a 1,000 – coronavirus variants may fuel it
Largest study in world followed about a fifth of COVID-positive Israelis after recovery, and found 154 got reinfected, indicating immunity is high but far from absolute
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Number of coronavirus reinfections in Czech Republic up ninefold to 1,400
One year after the first confirmed case of coronavirus infection, experts in the Czech Republic recorded 1,400 cases of reinfection, in which people in both cases had symptoms of Covid-19. More...
Danish study: Protection against coronavirus reinfection is just 80·5%, and less than 50% for those 65yrs+.
Protection against repeat infection was 80·5%. Among those aged 65 years and older, observed protection against repeat infection was 47·1%. More...
Ramon Valls, Spain’s first confirmed case of coronavirus reinfection
There are just over half a dozen cases of Covid-19 reinfections worldwide among the millions who have caught the disease. More...
Pulmonologist Cihan Çelik is treating coronavirus reinfection in patients in Darmstadt, Germany
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Denmark was right to cull mink: “SARS-CoV-2 mutations acquired in mink reduce antibody-mediated neutralization”
“These results suggest that antibody responses induced upon infection or certain antibodies used for treatment might offer insufficient protection against SARS-CoV-2 variants from mink.” More...
Two Israelis reinfected with South African variant B1351 N501V2 after recovery from coronavirus
The Israeli Health Ministry said Sunday that the the South African strain B.1351 N501Y.V2 More...
WHO: Recovered coronavirus patients have been reinfected with new virus strains
Preliminary reports from South Africa suggest people with prior Covid infection could be reinfected with a new, more infectious variant of the virus, the World Health Organization said. More...