Recovering from Covid gives similar level of protection to vaccine Ian Sample Science editor © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/EPA
People who recover from coronavirus have a similar level of protection against future infection as those who receive a Covid vaccine – at least for the first five months, research suggests.
A Public Health England (PHE) study of more than 20,000 healthcare workers found that immunity acquired from an earlier Covid infection provided 83% protection against reinfection for at least 20 weeks.
“Overall I think this is good news,” said Prof Susan Hopkins, a senior medical adviser to PHE.
“It allows people to feel that prior infection will protect them from future infections, but at the same time it is not complete protection, and therefore they still need to be careful when they are out and about.”
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