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COVID-19: First Case Of Reinfection Confirmed, Researchers Say COVID-19: First Case Of Reinfection Confirmed, Researchers Say
Covid-19: First Case Of Reinfection Confirmed, Researchers Say The first case of COVID-19 reinfection has been confirmed by researchers, suggesting that immunity in some may only last for several months. “An apparently young and healthy patient had a second case of COVID-19 infection which was diagnosed 4.5 months after the first episode,” University of Hong Kong researchers said in a statement issued Monday, Aug. 24. The researchers said they are unsure if the man was a "persistent carrier" of the virus from his previous infection. The man, a 33-year-old IT worker, was first diagnosed positive in April. He tested COVID positive again in an airport sc…

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