Here is most likely to reinfect with COVID, says a new study
This age group is more subject to the fight against the virus more than once.
One of the biggest questions that researchers hoped to respond since the beginning of the pandemic whether or not you can be reinfected withCOVID-19 [Feminine, And, if so, are you still at risk of severe infection? While early, it became clear that reinfection was actually possible, few documented cases across the country. Now a new Danish study has discovered which is most likely to be reinfected with the deadly virus. Read on to know who is the most subject to reinfection - and to ensure your health and health of others, do not miss these Without signs that you have already had coronavirus.
These 65 and over are the most exposed to reinfection
According to the great study of Denmark published in the newspaperLancetThe majority of those who are recovering from COVID-19 have immunity for at least six months. However, those who are of an older age are much more subject to reinfection.
"In summary, we found that the protection against repeated SARS-COV-2 infections is robust and detectable in the majority of individuals, protecting 80% or more of the natural population infected under 65 against reinfections in the period Observation "," The researchers explained. "However, we found that people aged 65 and over had a protection of less than 50% against repeated SARS-COV-2 infection."
"You certainly can not count on a past infection as you protect yourself from the disease, and possibly ill if you are in the segment of the elderly", Steen Ethelberg, Epidemiologist of Status Serum Institute, the Public Health Agency Denmark, told theNew York Times.
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The need for "protective measures" is always great
Because the older age group is more prone to a serious clinical disease course, researchers believe that their conclusions highlight the "need to implement protection measures for the elderly population in the form of efficiencyvaccines and reinforcement of physical distancing and infection control, even among those known to be previously infected, "they wrote". In addition, our data indicates that vaccination of previously infected individuals should be carried out because natural protection can not be invoked. "
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