But, just because you recover from the virus does not mean you cannot catch it again, WHO confirmed in a
statementreleased on 24 April.
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According to Li QinGyuan, director of pneumonia prevention and treatment at China Japan Friendship Hospital in Beijing, those who have been infected with Covid-19 develop a protective antibody - but it isn’t clear how long the protection lasts.