the representative of the world health organization in Russia, Melita Vujnović believes that it is too early to talk about the development of a stable immune system recover from coronavirus infection. The expert cites the website of the TV channel Zvezda.
the representative of the organization said that now I had been ill COVID-19 there is only resistance to the virus, in other words innate immunity. It’s the body’s ability to respond quickly to the penetration of microorganisms, whether bacteria or virus, explained Vujnović.
However, the presence of non-specific immunity does not guarantee that survivors have developed enough antibodies to avoid re-infection. “COVID is a new, insidious virus, and we don’t know how to react antibodies and how it will behave with the virus,” – said the representative of who, noting that everything depends on the General condition of the body.
Note that among scientists still there is no consensus about the duration of immunity against a new type of coronavirus infection, because too little time has passed after recovery first patients.
meanwhile, a group of scientists from Utrecht University in the Netherlands, created the antibody that prevents infection of living cells by the virus COVID-19 and blocks it, reports the Daily Mail. Such a discovery could be an important step towards developing effective treatments against a new type of coronavirus.
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