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By Emma Clifford Bell
A Scottish care worker has revealed how she caught Covid twice within seven months.
Michelle Lamont, from Ardrossan in North Ayrshire, tested positive for the virus in April 2020.
But the 50-year-old was stunned when routine testing picked up the infection again in November.
After becoming ill for a second time, she is now concerned about the possibility of suffering the debilitating symptoms again.
Walking her dog along the beach at Saltcoats, Ms Lamont shared her fears with BBC Scotland s The Nine programme.
She said: I was devastated when I tested positive for the first time, she says. If I can get it twice, what s to say I can t get it a third time? That plays on my mind.
Covid in Scotland: Care worker caught virus twice - seven months apart
Covid in Scotland: Care worker caught virus twice - seven months apart
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Although re-infection is rare, there is mounting evidence you can catch Covid-19 twice in a short space of time.
Michelle Lamont, from Ardrossan, is a care worker who tested positive for the virus on two separate occasions last year - seven months apart. She s been talking to The Nine s Emma Clifford Bell.
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BBC journalist Emma Clifford Bell grew up in Drumchapel, Scotland, and has been back to talk to some of the community about how lockdown has impacted their lives.
She spoke to Ryan and Gary, who have both struggled with their mental health, to see how they have coped with the pandemic.
This is one of the films in a BBC series called Our Lives – that tells stories from parts of the UK that sometimes fall under the radar.
Film by Emma Clifford Bell, Chas Ross and Tamsin Selbie.
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Scotland reporter Emma Clifford Bell grew up in Drumchapel, a large housing scheme on the outskirts of Glasgow. As part of the BBC s Our Lives series, she returned recently to find out how the pandemic has affected the ambitions and the mental health of young people there.
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Ryan McIlhagga, 22
Being at home more over lockdown left 22-year-old Ryan McIlhagga thinking about his childhood trauma. At a young age, I lost my sister and mum to suicide and that impacted me a lot growing up, Ryan says. As I got older and things were getting better, my brother then passed away through suicide.