People who have had COVID-19 may have a much lower risk of reinfection for at least 10 months, according to a new study.
was used to determine whether they'd had a previous infection up to 10 months earlier.
Of the 634 people who had been previously infected, reinfections occurred in four residents and 10 staff members, compared with 93 residents and 111 staff among the 1,477 who had never been infected, according to the study published June 3 inThe study excluded the impact of vaccination by removing participants from the analysis 12 days following their first"It's really good news that natural infection protects against reinfection in this time period.
"These findings are particularly important as this vulnerable group has not been the focus of much research," she added.
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