Is it possible to be infected with corona twice in the same month?
This case proves yes
A recently presented case revealed a patient who was infected twice that month in Corona, each time in a different strain.
How can this actually happen?
here are the details
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25/04/2022
Monday, 25 April 2022, 06:03 Updated: 09:00
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The unlucky man infected with the virus was a 31-year-old health worker. It was reported that the woman did not develop symptoms after the first positive PCR test on December 20, 2021, and after a 10-day self-isolation period she returned to work.
However, she developed a cough and fever three weeks later so she did another test, which was also positive.
An entire genome sequence revealed that the woman was infected with two different versions - Delta in December and Omicron in January.
The woman received a full vaccine and received a booster 12 days before her first positive test.
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"This case underscores the potential of the omicron variant to evade previous immunity acquired from natural infection with other variants or vaccines," said Dr. Gemma Racio, one of the research authors at the Catala de la Slot Institute in Tarragona. Assume they are protected from re-infection, even if they have been vaccinated.
However, it seems that a combination of previous infection with other versions and also a vaccine partially protects against a serious illness and hospitalization with Omicron. "
The vaccines have turned the corona from an epidemic to a seasonal virus, almost.
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Currently, the corona virus is still classified as an epidemic - the World Health Organization (WHO) defines diseases as an epidemic as they spread around the world and their numbers rise unexpectedly.
However, the corona is slowly moving towards becoming endemic - similar to the common cold or flu, where the number of cases is still large but at a more predictable rate.
If the corona virus becomes a seasonal virus, scientists predict that eventually everyone will be infected with COVID-19 twice, and probably many more times during their lifetime.
Despite this, monitoring variants of the corona virus is still very important, even in fully vaccinated people, as it can help detect variants that can evade vaccines.
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