Covid reinfection: Man gets Covid twice and second hit 'more severe'

Covid reinfection: Man gets Covid twice and second hit 'more severe' A man in the United States has caught Covid twice, with the second infection becoming far more dangerous than the first, doctors report.

The 25-year-old needed hospital treatment after his lungs could not get enough oxygen into his body.

Reinfections remain rare and he has now recovered. BBC News

See also:

• Genomic evidence for reinfection with SARS-CoV-2: a case study (open access) Lancet Infectious Diseases
• Nevada man, 25, contracted coronavirus twice in 48 days and was SICKER during his second bout The Daily Mail
• Man caught Covid-19 twice and second infection 'was more severe' The Daily Telegraph
• Despite the uncertainty surrounding coronavirus, cases of reinfection aren’t what they seem The Independent