00:00<\/b> Protective Immunity Against COVID-19 May Last For Over 8 Months: Study<\/font>

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COVID-19 survivors may have protective immunity against serious disease from the SARS-CoV-2 virus for months, or even years after the infection, a study suggests.<\/div>

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The findings, based on analyses of blood samples from 188 COVID-19 patients, suggest that nearly all survivors of the disease have the immune cells necessary to fight re-infection.<\/div>

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\"Our data suggest that the immune response is there -- and it stays,\" Professor Alessandro Sette from La Jolla Institute for Immunology in the US. (Read full story here<\/a>)<\/div><\/div><\/div>","entype":"Text","h":"","img":"","imgalt":"","imgcaption":"","key":"False","link":"","s":15,"sub":"","t":"Jan 07, 2021-14:20:01","title":"

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COVID-19 survivors may have protective immunity against serious disease from the SARS-CoV-2 virus for months, or even years after the infection, a study suggests.<\/div>

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The findings, based on analyses of blood samples from 188 COVID-19 patients, suggest that nearly all survivors of the disease have the immune cells necessary to fight re-infection.<\/div>

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\"Our data suggest that the immune response is there -- and it stays,\" Professor Alessandro Sette from La Jolla Institute for Immunology in the US. (Read full story here<\/a>)<\/div><\/div>","type":"nfeed"});