You can contract Covid-19 twice – university researchers

A Covid-19 survivor from Hong-Kong has been re-infected, four and a half months after recovering. This is the first documented case of human re-infection.
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By Jarryd Neves

With scientists and doctors working around the clock to find a vaccine for Covid-19, others are relying on herd immunity and enough individuals being infected to curb the virus, in order for it to slowly wane away.

A Hong Kong man – who has previously had Covid-19 and made a recovery – has now been re-infected, in what is the first documented case of a human being re-infected. Cleared of the virus in April, the 33-year old tested positive on August 15th, following a trip to Europe. Stories of reinfection have also emerged from the Netherlands and Belgium.

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