COVID19

COVID19 news and updates from around the world.

We are very likely to develop immunity to COVID-19, making re-infection unlikely and raising the chances of vaccines being highly effective, according to the Australian scientist who discovered an important way the immune system fights viruses.


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Professor Doherty does not think contracting COVID-19 twice is very likely
He says if a patient did catch it twice, the prior infection would give them rapid immunity
He believes a vaccine will be available within 12 to 18 months

Read the detailed article on ABC Health News -  Can you get coronavirus twice? This Nobel prize winner is sceptical 

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Doctors Have Now Mapped How Our Immune System Fights COVID-19, PATRICK GALEY & MARLOWE HOOD, AFP, 19 MARCH 2020 Complete article reading on ScienceAlert

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