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New Delhi, Sep 20: Taking note of instances of suspected COVID-19 reinfection reported from Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Gujarat, Delhi and Maharashtra, the Union Health Ministry is considering gathering data of such cases to ascertain their veracity, sources said.
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They said it needs to be confirmed whether these cases are indeed distinct second infection and not just lingering effects of the first one.
This can be done only by genetic sequence analysis to see if it is the same strain of the virus which had caused the first infection or a different one.
For gathering data…
