Though there have been at least three cases in the city of a person testing positive for COVID-19 for a second time, doctors who handled two of these patients admitted they were not confirmed reinfections as genome study was not done. Experts have frequently reiterated that chances of reinfections are rare.
A police officer had allegedly tested positive for a second time in July at Indraprastha Apollo Hospital. But Rajesh Chawla, a senior consultant at the hospital, said that they cannot call it a reinfection.
“The policeman came to us in July with fever and sore throat and he was tested positive for the virus. He had earlier tested positive more than a month ago at another hospital. It is difficult to say whether it was reinfection or the same infection. Now studies are saying that viral particles can persist for up to 140 days,” Dr. Chawla said.
“We did the genome study of…
