How long does immunity last after being infected with the coronavirus?
Scientists from Switzerland and the USA are now giving hope.
Coronavirus pandemic in Germany
: Due to the high number of
Covid 19 cases
, a
hard corona lockdown
applies
.
There are new findings about
corona
protection
after
infection
with the
SARS-CoV-2 pathogen
.
According to researchers,
immunity to corona
lasts
for
more than half a year
after
infection
.
Munich - how long does it last?
The
immunity
to the insidious
coronavirus
, and that if you have already been
infected
with the
pathogen SARS-CoV-2
?
Researchers from
Switzerland
and the
USA
are now delivering new insights - and that give hope in the almost never-ending
pandemic
.
Contagion with corona: how long does immunity last after infection with the coronavirus?
Even more: According to the said study,
corona
sufferers
can
hope
for continued protection against
Covid-19
after recovery
.
Researchers from
Switzerland
and the
USA
published an article this Monday (January 18) in the journal
Nature
, in which this approach is represented and described.
The article states that so-called
memory
cells can
produce the
antibodies
required to fight the virus
even more than six months after surviving a
corona infection
.
Immunity After Coronavirus Infection?
Scientists give hope in the fight against Covid-19
The
antibodies
would go away after a recovery, the article explains, but the reaction of the so-called
B memory
cells is still present a good six months later.
According to the
German press agency (dpa),
the researchers
said the
body could
react
“quickly and efficiently” to further infections with the
SARS-CoV-2 pathogen
.
Earlier studies had already shown that the antibodies formed against the virus sometimes disappear again quite quickly.
This was associated with fears that the
corona vaccinations
could not provide lasting protection against
Covid-19
.
Now there is new hope in the tough battle against the insidious lung disease.
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