{"id":1441,"date":"2021-12-03T09:08:42","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T07:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/?p=1441"},"modified":"2021-12-03T09:08:54","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T07:08:54","slug":"those-who-already-had-covid-19-also-at-risk-of-being-reinfected-by-omicron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/index.php\/2021\/12\/03\/those-who-already-had-covid-19-also-at-risk-of-being-reinfected-by-omicron\/","title":{"rendered":"Those who already had COVID-19 also at risk of being reinfected by Omicron"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Those who have had COVID-19 may be reinfected more easily with the new COVID-19 variant, Omicron, currently spreading across the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to preliminary analysis by the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), scientists are noting a high rate of reinfections during the current resurgence compared to the previous waves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNow we\u2019re seeing an increase for Omicron and that speaks to the fact that in our population with a high seroprevalence, where many people have had the previous infection. We believe that previous infection does not provide them protection from infection due to Omicron,\u201d said Professor Anne von Gottberg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Von Gottberg, who is a Clinical Microbiologist at the NICD\u2019s Centre for Respiratory Diseases and Meningitis, was a panellist at a press conference on Omicron and the vaccine rollout in Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sanews.gov.za\/south-africa\/those-who-already-had-covid-19-also-risk-being-reinfected-omicron\">here<\/a> to read more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Photo: Flickr \/ GCIS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Those who have had COVID-19 may be reinfected more easily with the new COVID-19 variant, Omicron, currently spreading across the world. 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