immunity

Imagine a world where your ability to get a job, housing or a loan depends on passing a blood test. You are confined to your home and locked out of society if you lack certain antibodies.It has happened before. For most of the nineteenth century, immunity to yellow fever divided people in New Orleans, Louisiana,…

Image copyright Getty Images Can you catch coronavirus again? Why are some people sicker than others? Will it come back every winter? Will a vaccine work? Could immunity passports get some of us back to work? How do we manage the virus in the long-term? The immune system is at the heart of some of…

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.There is “currently no evidence” that people who recover from coronavirus are protected from a second infection, the World Health Organization wrote Friday in a scientific briefing.The statement came as Chile announced plans to distribute “immunity passports” for recovering patients…

The World Health Organisation has warned against the idea of “immunity passports” amid the coronavirus pandemic.It said there is currently no evidence that people who have recovered from Covid-19 and have antibodies are protected against a second infection.The concept of “immunity passports” or “risk-free certificates” has been floated as a way of allowing people protected…

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Testing for antibodies is becoming more widespread Governments should not issue so-called "immunity passports" or "risk-free certificates" as a way of easing lockdowns, the World Health Organization (WHO) says.It said there was "no evidence" that people who had developed antibodies after recovering from the virus were protected against a second…