The Ministry of Health (MOH) said on February 6, that they have detected the first case of likely Covid-19 re-infection here.
A 28-year-old Bangladeshi national who stays in a dormitory at 43 Tech Park Crescent, was confirmed to have the coronavirus last year on 12 April. which he subsequently recovered from.
However, On January 25 this year, he was tested positive again for the Covid-19 infection and he has since been isolated.
Repeated tests conducted on him also came back positive for the coronavirus.
MOH has since explained that although reinfection is rare, the evidence presented suggests that this is indeed a likely case of reinfection.
Moh said:
“In addition to his positive polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test results, there was a corresponding marked increase in antibody titres compared to the period prior to the likely re-infection, suggesting that he was exposed to a new infection which boosted his antibody levels.”
“MOH will continue to closely monitor recovered Covid-19 cases to determine their post-infection immunity. So far, there is no indication that recovered workers in the dormitories have significant loss of post-infection immunity.”