Protective immunity against SARS-CoV-2 could last eight months or more

(La Jolla Institute for Immunology) The findings, based on analyses of blood samples from 188 COVID-19 patients, suggest that responses to the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, from all major players in the " adaptive " immune system, which learns to fight specific pathogens, can last for at least eight months after the onset of symptoms from the initial infection.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news