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'No evidence' to support belief that people who recover from coronavirus have immunity

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Patients who have recovered from coronavirus could contract the deadly bug again as there is no evidence to support the belief that they have immunity, the World Health Organisation has warned.

Senior WHO epidemiologists said despite the hopes governments across the world have piled on antibody tests, there is no proof those who have been infected cannot be infected again.

The British Government has bought 3.5 million serology tests, which measure levels of antibodies in blood plasma, even though they are not definitive of growing levels of herd immunity.

Many tests being developed are pin prick blood tests similar to widely used instant HIV tests and measure for raised levels of the antibodies the body uses to fight the virus.

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