A new study found that patients who recover from the coronavirus eventually produce antibodies to the virus, suggesting they may be capable of warding off reinfection.
Researchers in China tested the blood of 285 patients hospitalized with severe COVID-19 illness and found that all had developed antibodies within two to three weeks of their first symptoms.
The study, which was published in the Nature Medicine journal by researchers at Chongquin Medical University, “brings much-needed clarity, along with renewed enthusiasm” to efforts to develop and implement widescale antibody testing, National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins wrote Thursday in a blog post.
Read more at The Hill.
{Matzav.com}
