香港大学证实有康复者二次感染新冠病毒属全球首例_时事

香港大学证实有康复者二次感染新冠病毒属全球首例

香港大学将把报告发表在《临床传染病》期刊上。报告称，这位男子此前住院14天才从病毒感染中康复。此次该男子没有任何症状，但在机场检测时进行唾液测试，病毒检测再次呈阳性。

"This is a very rare example of reinfection," said Brendan Wren, professor of microbial pathogenesis, at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

伦敦卫生和热带医学院的微生物发病机理教授布伦丹·雷恩说：“这是二次感染的一个非常罕见的例子。”

"And it should not negate the global drive to develop Covid-19 vaccines.

“这也不应否定全球研发新冠疫苗的努力。”

"It is to be expected that the virus will naturally mutate over time."

“可以预料，随着时间的推移，病毒会自然变异。

Dr Jeffrey Barrett, senior scientific consultant for the Covid-19 genome project at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, said: "Given the number of global infections to date, seeing one case of reinfection is not that surprising even if it is a very rare occurrence.

威康桑格研究所新冠病毒基因组项目高级科学顾问杰弗里·巴雷特博士说：“考虑到迄今全球感染病例的数量，看到一例二次感染并不那么令人惊讶，尽管这种情况非常罕见。”

"It may be that second infections, when they do occur, are not serious - though we don't know whether this person was infectious during their second episode."