International update: Young adults previously infected with Covid-19 still at risk of catching disease again study says
16 April 2021 (Last Updated April 16th, 2021 10:11)
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16 April
Global: The global Covid death toll is nearing the grim tally of 3 million with a figure of 2,985,407 according to researchers at Johns Hopkins University. Meanwhile, infections exceed 138 million world wide.
US: Covid -19 infections have passed 31.4 million. Meanwhile, the US coronavirus death toll is 565,283 according to Johns Hopkins University data.
Young adults previously infected with Covid-19 are still at risk of catching the disease again, according to a study of US military personnel that highlights the importance of vaccinating even those who have tested positive for the virus. About 10% of 189 people who had been infected once, most of them 18 to 20-year males, later became reinfected, according to a study of 2,346 US Marine Corps members published Thursday in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine journal. The study took place between May and November 2020. Meanwhile, The US has found 5,800 “breakthrough” cases of Covid-19, in which a fully vaccinated person was infected, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. The nation has fully vaccinated more than 75 million people. Breakthrough infections occurred among all ages but more than 40% were 60 years and older. A third of the cases were asymptomatic, and almost two thirds were female. Seven percent were hospitalized and 1% died.