India’s 1st COVID-19 Patient Reinfected With Virus
A medical student from Kerala's Thrissur district, who was the first COVID-19 case in India last January, has contracted the virus again.
A 20 year old female medical student from Kerala's Thrissur district, who was the first COVID-19 case in India in January 2020. She tested positive because she was returning to India from Wuhan where she was studying medicine. After a gap of one-and-a-half years, she tested positive during routine COVID-19 testing before her flight to Delhi. The woman remains asymptomatic. However, the source of the infection remains unknown. She is currently at home. Reportedly, she has not been vaccinated yet. Immunity from the virus obtained after an infection is said to last from a couple of weeks to a couple of months. Although coronavirus reinfections are rare, being reinfected with COVID-19 is quite possible.
With the emergence of the Delta Plus variant in India, there is a growing fear of increased reinfections. Experts say that reinfections involving the Delta Plus variant have so far been mild and don't require hospitalization. Meanwhile, India continues to grapple with COVID-19. Experts now warn that a third wave is inevitable.
