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BY PETER SULLIVAN-
Reports from Hong Kong say researchers have identified the first documented instance of someone being infected with coronavirus a second time.
University of Hong Kong scientists noted that a patient got coronavirus a second time 4 1/2 months after the initial infection and that the genomic sequence of the virus strain for the first infection was different than that of the second.
The researchers said in a press release, "This case illustrates that reinfection can occur just after a few months of recovery from the first infection. Our findings suggest that SARS-CoV-2 may persist in the global human population as is the case for other common-cold associated human coronaviruses, even if patients have have acquired immunity via natural infection."
Some medical experts said the news is not as bad as it sounds and that it is not cause for panic. For one thing, the patient did not have any symptoms in the second infection.
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