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S1E42: Can a person get Covid-19 twice? - Health Check Ep 42
Health Check Ep 42: Can a person get Covid-19 twice?
9:10 mins
Synopsis: Fortnightly on Wednesdays, The Straits Times guides you to healthier living and clears up common misconceptions on health with expert guests.
A man in Hong Kong was found to be reinfected with Covid-19 last month, less than five months after he was infected with the disease. Researchers at the University of Hong Kong said genome sequencing showed that the virus strain the man had last month was different from the one he was infected with in March.
ST senior health correspondent Joyce Teo hosts Associate Professor Hsu Li…
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