WHO says coronavirus might be able to infect the same person twice

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The World Health Organization says there’s no concrete evidence that being infected with COVID-19 makes you immune from it in the future.
Individuals with viral antibodies may be protected for certain lengths of time, but we still don’t know for certain if that’s the case.
Programs that would give people ‘immunity passes’ would fail if the virus can indeed reinfect people who have already been infected.
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Ever since the novel coronavirus outbreak began, health experts and scientists wanted to know whether or not being infected makes you immune to the virus, and if so, for how long. Building up antibodies to fight against the second wave of infection is often a sign that you’re safe from reinfection, but scientists aren’t sure if that’s the case with COVID-19.

Now, the World Health Organization is weighing in, stating that at the moment, there’s “no evidence” that people who have had COVID-19 and recovered from it are safe from the virus.

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