Middle disease control: healthy adults have a lower chance of reinfection within 3 to 6 months after being infected with COVID-19.
The State Council Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism held a press conference today. Responsible comrades of relevant departments and bureaus of th……
Chen Cao
researcher
Institute of viral Diseases
Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention
The public is worried that if the XBB strain begins to spread in China
it will lead to a second round of novel coronavirus infection. Thank you
Recently
XBB has attracted a lot of attention. Recent studies have shown that one of the evolutionary branches of XBB is XBB.1.5
which has a strong immune escape ability
especially in the United States
the proportion of COVID-19 infection is also very high. From the recent data of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States
during the epidemic of XBB
the number of novel coronavirus infection
the number of severe cases
including the number of deaths
did not show a significant increase. Therefore
the reinfection rate of XBB
including XBB.1.5
needs further dynamic observation
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