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We may not know if coronavirus can be caught twice for 'a couple of years'

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We may not know whether coronavirus can be caught twice for "a couple of years", a medical chief has warned. And Health Secretary Matt Hancock said he wouldn't be comfortable going into a crowded room, despite already having had Covid-19.

Deputy Chief Medical Officer Jonathan Van-Tam said it's still unclear whether antibodies given by the disease will protect a patient from catching it again.

He said the "overwhelming majority" of people who had recovered from Covid-19 were found to have antibodies in their bloodstream.

But he said: "The next question is, do those antibodies protect you from further infections. "And we just haven't had this disease around ...

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