how did bangla gets reinfected? u mean the latent covid virus re-erupted from inside his body or he caught it from someone else???

[kaninabuchaojibye]

Singapore reports first likely COVID-19 re-infection after Bangladeshi dorm resident tests positive again
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SINGAPORE: A resident of a migrant worker dormitory has become Singapore’s first likely case of COVID-19 re-infection, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Saturday (Feb 6).

The case is a 28-year-old Bangladeshi work permit holder who lives in a dormitory at 43 Tech Park Crescent.

He was confirmed to have the coronavirus on Apr 12 last year, and on Jan 25 this year, he tested positive again.

"He was identified from rostered monitoring testing conducted as part of MOH’s surveillance of recovered workers to monitor their postinfection immunity," said the ministry.

When the man was confirmed to have had COVID-19 last year, he was identified as Case 2513 and was part of the cluster of infections at Tech Park Crescent dormitory, which is located at 43 Tech Park Crescent.

He recovered from that infection and tested negative for COVID-19 from last June onwards.

However, the man tested positive for COVID-19 once again on Jan 25 this year and he was isolated. "Numerous repeat tests conducted subsequently were also positive for the virus," said MOH on Saturday.

The man's new infection was not previously stated in the ministry's situation reports. CNA has sought further information from MOH.

In its press release on Saturday, MOH said the man reported feeling unwell on Jan 22 and 23, but was otherwise asymptomatic.

He is currently warded at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID) and all his identified close contacts have been isolated and quarantined. None have tested positive for COVID-19 so far.

“While re-infection is rare, the expert panel, which comprises infectious diseases and microbiology experts from NCID, Singapore General Hospital and the National Public Health Laboratory, has assessed that the clinical and laboratory evidence suggests that this is a likely case of re-infection,” 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.

“The virus detected in his samples taken in January 2021 is also genetically distinct from that associated with the dormitories outbreak in 2020, suggesting that this is likely a different and new infection.”

MOH said it will continue to monitor recovered COVID-19 cases to determine their post-infection immunity. No significant loss of post-infection immunity has been detected among recovered workers in dormitories so far.

 

[knnccb]

altogether now....song boh?!.!

 

[Leongsam]

"Testing Positive" does not mean that he is sick.

And it goes without saying that covid can be caught numerous times just like the flu.

 

[waitifcuk]

drink soursop juice ??

 

[laksaboy]

Covid is like herpes... you can't have total immunity or a permanent cure.

 

[red amoeba]

They must fucking w one another. Covid can spread through gay sex it seems.

 

[whoami]

Just like common flu, gastric flu. No permanent cure.

 

[Hypocrite-The]

Study Raises Concerns Over CCP Virus Mutations During Chronic Infection

A new UK study has raised concerns that the CCP virus has more chance to mutate during chronic infections, and it could “mutate to outwit our vaccines,” a leader of the study said.
In an unedited manuscript pre-published by Nature on Friday, a team led by researchers at Cambridge University said they saw repeated mutations while treating an immunocompromised patient.
The team sequenced virus genomes in a patient 23 times across 101 days while he was treated for COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, commonly known as the novel coronavirus.
The patient, who has now died, was a man in his 70s with a “seriously compromised” immune system.
After the patient was given two doses of convalescent sera—plasma from the blood of recovered COVID-19 patients that contains antibodies—the team saw a “dramatic shift” in the virus population.
According to a Cambridge University news release, one of the variants that emerged, which became dominant for a while, contained two mutations of concern.
One is the D796H mutation, which seemed to be responsible for decreasing susceptibility to the antibodies in the plasma—a typical viral mutation to escape immune pressure.
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The other is ΔH69/ΔV70 amino acid deletion in part of the spike protein—a mutation that makes the virus twice as infectious.
“This paradigm is classic for viruses, whereby escape mutations are followed by or accompanied by compensatory mutations,” the university wrote.
The ΔH69/ΔV70 deletion had been detected multiple times, including in the so-called UK variant VUI 202012/01 and in the cluster-5 variant found both in minks and humans in Denmark. But this is the first time researchers have observed its emergence in a patient.
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The team found that although the dominant variant “initially appeared to die away, it reemerged again when the third course of remdesivir and convalescent plasma therapy were administered.”
Ravi Gupta, a Cambridge professor who led the research, said, “What we were seeing was essentially a competition between different variants of the virus, and we think it was driven by the convalescent plasma therapy.”
He said the findings raise a “worrying possibility.”
“Given that both vaccines and therapeutics are aimed at the spike protein, which we saw mutate in our patient, our study raises the worrying possibility that the virus could mutate to outwit our vaccines.”
“This effect is unlikely to occur in patients with functioning immune systems, where viral diversity is likely to be lower due to better immune control. But it highlights the care we need to take when treating immunocompromised patients, where prolonged viral replication can occur, giving greater opportunity for the virus to mutate,” Gupta added.
Dr. Julian Tang, a virologist from University of Leicester, said that a similar phenomenon has been observed before in a 45-year-old immunocompromised patient who received different treatment.

 

[Cottonmouth]

He must have engaged the services of @ginfreely.

She is the host of 100 variants of STDs & other filth.

 

[syed putra]

Eventually only bsngladeshis will survive and inherit the island.

 

[mojito]

He is now host to a vibrant covid ecosystem. Another hub.

 

[bobby]

How come can classify as "dorm" infection ?

You mean this Bangala has never ever left his dorm to the outside world ?

 

[syed putra]

He probably got another variant of covid. Just like we get different variant of flu

 

[birdie69]

Perhaps he was infected from CECA Indians imported with Covid-19 Covid-19 virus

 

[Hypocrite-The]

What we know so far about COVID-19 reinfection
FILE PHOTO: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Singapore
A migrant worker undergoes a swab test in Singapore on Apr 28, 2020. (Photo: Reuters/Edgar Su)
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SINGAPORE: Over the weekend, the Ministry of Health (MOH) reported Singapore’s first likely case of reinfection, a Bangladeshi migrant worker who had tested positive for COVID-19 again after recovering from the disease last year.

The 28-year-old work permit holder, who lives in a dormitory at 43 Tech Park Crescent, first tested positive on Apr 12 last year as part of the cluster of infections there.

He recovered and tested negative for COVID-19 but on Jan 25, the man was confirmed to have COVID-19 again after being detected through rostered routine testing.

MOH said that the virus detected in his samples taken in January this year was "genetically distinct from that associated with the dormitories outbreak in 2020, suggesting that this is likely a different and new infection", adding that reinfection is "rare".

Singapore now joins a list of places that have reported cases of reinfection, with the first documented case involving a 33-year-old man in Hong Kong in August last year.

Here's what we know so far about COVID-19 reinfection:

WHAT IS THE LIKELIHOOD OF COVID-19 REINFECTION?

Studies have suggested that reinfection among most recovered patients is unlikely for at least six months.

A study conducted at the UK Biobank indicated that a vast majority of people retain detectable COVID-19 antibodies for at least that period following an infection.

The study looked at levels of previous COVID-19 reinfection in populations across Britain, as well as how long the antibodies persisted in those who were infected.

READ: Recovered COVID-19 patients likely protected for at least six months: Study
Of the participants who tested positive for COVID-19 infection, 99 per cent had retained antibodies for the SARS-CoV-2 virus for three months, the results showed. After six months, 88 per cent still had them.

Another British study on frontline healthcare workers, conducted by researchers at the University of Oxford, made similar findings.

The study, which was reported in November, also suggested that cases of reinfection is “likely to remain extremely rare”.

"Being infected with COVID-19 does offer protection against reinfection for most people for at least six months," said David Eyre, a professor at Oxford's Nuffield Department of Population Health.

"We found no new symptomatic infections in any of the participants who had tested positive for antibodies."

The findings should offer some reassurance for the millions of people worldwide who have been infected with the virus, said the researchers at the University of Oxford.

READ: COVID-19 reinfection unlikely for at least 6 months: Study
In the case of the Bangladeshi worker in Singapore, he tested positive for the virus on Jan 25, six months after he was cleared.

MOH said it will continue to closely monitor recovered cases to determine their post-infection immunity and that there are currently no indication that recovered workers have significant loss of post-infection immunity.

HOW MANY CASES OF REINFECTION HAVE BEEN REPORTED?

Cases have been reported in several places, including Hong Kong, the United States, Netherlands and Belgium.

The first documented case, the 33-year-old man from Hong Kong had tested positive again four-and-a-half months after being first confirmed to have the disease.

READ: Hong Kong researchers report first documented COVID-19 reinfection
He was cleared and discharged from a hospital in April last year but tested positive again after returning from Spain via Britain on Aug 15.

ARE REINFECTION CASES MORE SEVERE?

According to a study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal, patients who contract the virus a second time may experience more severe symptoms from their initial infection.

This was the case for a 25-year-old man from Nevada, who experienced mild illness when he first tested positive in April last year, but developed more severe symptoms when he got sick again in May.

READ: COVID-19 reinfection casts doubt on virus immunity: Study
The 33-year-old in Hong Kong, however, remained asymptomatic both times.

Both men were said to have contracted a different strain of the virus the second time they were infected.

In October, the Netherlands Institute for Public Health confirmed that an 89-year-old Dutch woman had died after being reinfected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The woman had previous health complications and is believed to be the world's first COVID-19 reinfection death.

The Bangladeshi migrant worker in Singapore reportedly felt unwell on Jan 22 and 23, but is otherwise asymptomatic, reported MOH.

SHOULD I TAKE THE VACCINE IF I HAVE ALREADY RECOVERED FROM COVID-19?

Even if you have recovered from COVID-19, you should still take the vaccination when it is available: That's the message the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has for those who have been cleared of the virus.

It recommends all to get vaccinated due to the “severe health risks associated with COVID-19” and warned that there is still the possibility of reinfection.

“The immunity someone gains from having an infection, called natural immunity, varies from person to person,” CDC said in an advisory on its website.

“Some early evidence suggests natural immunity may not last very long.”

 

[jw5]

How come can classify as "dorm" infection ?

You mean this Bangala has never ever left his dorm to the outside world ?

Classify as "dorm" infection because he stays in a dorm.

 

[zhihau]

Hmm... the body’s own memory t cells did not launch a good enough response on the second infection... hmm... dai chee dua diao liao...

 

[glockman]

Hmm... the body’s own memory t cells did not launch a good enough response on the second infection... hmm... dai chee dua diao liao...

More dua than dua diao, we hong kan liao.

 

[knowwhatyouwantinlife]

Its just a flu strain with the POSSIBILITY of much more lethal and potent effects than your typical flu...

 

[face the facts]

Its just a flu strain with the POSSIBILITY of much more lethal and potent effects than your typical flu...

and we humans are fighting and baotoh each other for not wearing mask, gathering, etc etc.....
keeping yourself fit is the only solution,