Even mild coronavirus illness may confer some immunity, says study
A study has found that 98% of hospital staff in Strasbourg, France, who had suffered mild forms of Covid-19, had developed antibodies between 28 and 41 days after the first signs of infection. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, May 27, 2020.
EVEN people with minor illness from the coronavirus can develop antibodies that could leave them immunised for several weeks or more, according to an early French study that tested hospital staff with mild infections. Researchers said the results, which have not yet been peer reviewed, were “encouraging” since little is known about the mechanisms of immunity against the novel coronavirus, especially in people with minor forms of the disease.
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