What happens when you get one infection with the virus Sars-CoV-2 or the one triggered by it illness Covid-19 survived? Virologists are currently discussing this question intensively. First of all: There is no universal answer, the opinions of the scientists differ. Why? Since that virus is new, “you can’t even know it,” says about Heinz Burgmann, Virologist at the MedUni Vienna.
Two years of protection are possible
Whether one, like another Infections with known viruses, immune to a new one infection is currently open. However, many experts suspect protection at least for a certain period of time – two to three years have so far been mentioned. Virologists like Stephan Aberle, also MedUni Vienna, at least assume that a repeat infection then it’s less difficult, he said Austria press agency.
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