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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Covid Infection Gives Similar Immunity to Vaccination

People wear protective face shields enter the Beijing Railway Station as the annual Spring Festival travel rush starts, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year, in Beijing, China January 7, 2023. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang

The protection against Covid-19 from being previously infected lasts at least as long as that offered by vaccination, one of the largest studies conducted on the subject said on Friday.

Ten months after getting Covid, people still had an 88 percent lower risk of reinfection, hospitalization and death, according to the study published in the Lancet journal, AFP said.

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