Risk of death and serious health issues rises with Covid reinfection, finds studyReinfected patients had a more than doubled risk of death and a more than tripled risk of hospitalization.
11 Nov, 2022, 06.33 PM IST
Experts believe Covid can get you again in 28 days. Social distancing & wearing a mask continue remain effective toolsExperts have reduced the protective window of prior infection from 12 weeks to 28 days.
13 Jul, 2022, 07.01 PM IST
Feeling worse than you did the first time you had Covid? Reinfections could be more severe for someThe pandemic is expected to escalate as people become sicker and sicker.
01 Jul, 2022, 09.25 AM IST
18% citizens surveyed had one or more family members getting reinfected with Covid in last 6 monthsOn an aggregate basis, 18 per cent citizens of the people surveyed had one or more individuals in their families who got reinfected with in...
22 Jun, 2022, 04.41 PM IST
How long does COVID immunity last? Will a second illness be worse? How can I prepare?For now, you should treat any new symptoms, including a fever, sore throat, runny nose or change in taste or smell, as a potential case of ...
13 Jun, 2022, 09.41 AM IST
How often can you be infected with the coronavirus?It’s difficult to quantify how frequently people are reinfected, in part because many infections are now going unreported. Those people may...
16 May, 2022, 11.17 PM IST
Why don't most people with COVID need to test for another 30 days, even if they're re-exposed?A study from the Imperial College London's COVID-19 response team estimated the risk of reinfection with Omicron to be 5.4 times higher tha...
12 Feb, 2022, 10.44 AM IST
People can catch Omicron twice, but reinfections aren't dangerous: Health expertsFarah Ingale, director, internal medicine at Fortis Hiranandani Hospital Vashi, said the hospital is seeing new cases of reinfection, espec...
12 Feb, 2022, 08.26 AM IST
Experts on Omicron: Reinfection possible, focus on Covid-appropriate behaviourAmid the rapid spread of the Omicron variant of coronavirus, experts have said that reinfection among people is a possibility. Experts have...
22 Jan, 2022, 10.15 AM IST
Omicron has higher risk of reinfection than Delta and Beta variants: Singapore's health ministry"There is a higher likelihood of individuals who have recovered from COVID-19 to be reinfected with the Omicron variant," Channel News Asia...
06 Dec, 2021, 08.30 AM IST
Not vaccinated yet? You may be at risk of Covid reinfectionAccording to new models without vaccination and masks, people once infected with Covid can be reinfected within four months
28 Nov, 2021, 09.12 AM IST
There are cases of people who have been COVID positive more than once: Govt tells Rajya SabhaThe study has concluded that while COVID-19 re-infection is still rarely reported, nonetheless, immunity should not be assumed and public h...
27 Jul, 2021, 06.36 PM IST
Two +ve tests at interval of 102 days with one -ve defined as SARS-CoV-2 re-infection: ICMR studyAccording to the study 'SARS-CoV-2 re-infection: development of an epidemiological definition from India' which has been published by Cambr...
01 Apr, 2021, 12.46 PM IST
Study shows being infected with Covid once provides older adults with only 47% protection from reinfectionSurviving Covid-19 protects most people against reinfection for at least six months.
18 Mar, 2021, 04.06 PM IST
COVID-19 again? Reinfection cases raise concerns over immunityThe report was published just hours after U.S. President Donald Trump, who was infected with COVID-19 and hospitalised earlier this month, ...
13 Oct, 2020, 04.45 PM IST
COVID-19: Research on Mumbai doctors find reinfected patients have worse infectionReinfection of Covid-19 has been confirmed using whole genome sequencing in four healthcare workers from Mumbai. All four have a more sever...
23 Sep, 2020, 08.58 AM IST
Bengaluru reports ‘first’ case of COVID-19 reinfectionThe apex health research body, ICMR, in a presser also said there is "no need to be alarmed immensely" over the reinfection case of COVID-1...
06 Sep, 2020, 07.57 PM IST