Experts now warn against long COVID which shows up after 6-12 months after first infection

‘The current data from India and other countries indicate that re-infections are rare. However, in some cases, it may occur any time beyond three months after recovery from COVID-19,’ says N.K. Arora

“COVID-19 is a recent disease and at times it displays symptoms which no other viral infection does. While we are developing understanding about the short and long-term impact on the body we now know that one may develop new symptoms six months to one year after recovering from The term given to this is long COVID,” said N.K. Arora, head, Operations Research Group which is part of the National Task force set up by Indian Council of Medical Research in response to COVID-19, speaking exclusively to The Hindu. Also read: He added that studies have shown that after a COVID-19 infection, antibodies may persist for three to nine months, which prevent re-infections.