Medical experts have addressed widespread concerns over whether those who have had Covid-19 can get it a second time. The government's chief scientific advisor, Sir Patrick Vallance, and Prof Chris Whitty, Boris Johnson's chief medical advisor, sought to reassure the public on Monday, the Guardian reported.
They said those who have had the virus once will develop some immunity. It was rare to get an infectious disease again, they said.
The questions first arose last month, after Japanese authorities said a woman who had had the virus, and been declared virus-free, had tested positive again.
Scientists were left confused by the news and and also uneasy. Prof Mark Harris, an expert in virology at Leeds University, said reinfection in that