Civil Protection (FNPC) ambulance crew members, wearing a personal protective equipment, assist a patient who collapsed in a street with coronavirus symptoms, inside an emergency response vehicle in the Asnieres district of Paris, France, on April 21, 2020. (BLOOMBERG)
Catching COVID-19 once may not protect you from getting it again, according to the World Health Organization.
“There is currently no evidence that people who have recovered from Covid-19 and have antibodies are protected from a second infection,” the United Nations agency said in a statement Friday.
While many countries are currently testing for antibodies, these studies aren’t designed to determine whether people recovered from the disease acquire immunity, the WHO said.
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