“Could Save Many Lives” … Scientists Test Drug That “Prevents Corona Infection”

A recent study found that immunity to an emerging coronavirus infection lasts for up to eight months after recovery from the disease.

According to the study, antibody-producing cells continued to increase in research volunteers for 150 days and remained elevated for up to 240 days, reflecting their bodies’ ability to fight the virus for up to eight months. .

According to the “Times of Israel” newspaper, two other studies concluded that patients whose bodies had acquired anti-Corona antibodies were less likely to test positive again for at least six months.

These results improve the chances of success for vaccines that stimulate the body to produce antibodies.

A study published Wednesday by the “New England” Medical Journal found that only two out of 1,265 people recovered from corona showed positive results on a corona exam, without showing any symptoms.

The journal pointed to a study by the National Cancer Institute of more than 3 million Americans, the results of which showed that no more than 0.3% of those who recovered from the disease were re-infected, while the rate of infection among those who had not previously infected it was 3%.

On the other hand, the British newspaper “The Independent” had reported, in October, the first death after recurrence of the Covid-19 disease, to a Dutch woman (89 years old), suffering from a rare type of cancer.

It is believed to be the first death after being infected twice with the virus, and she had previously been admitted to hospital after suffering from a severe cough and fever, but she recovered until her return after two months to receive chemotherapy for cancer to feel again with fever, cough, as well as difficulty breathing, which resulted in About her death two weeks later.

And doctors noted that there were no antibodies in his blood despite his second illness, noting that his cancer treatment was not necessarily the cause, they said.

Against this background, researchers from Maastricht University Medical Center said that after testing the samples, it was found that the genetic makeup of the virus in the two cases was different, and they reported that it is possible to contract Covid-19 disease once antibodies decline and immunity decline.