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The World Health Organization says, "We don't have much evidence to understand if and why some people may experience reactivation after recovery. We need more data to determine if and why the virus may be having a flare-up in some infected people. But we may discover it's all tied back to the functionality of each person's immune system." However, according to a coverage by The Better India, Dr Rifa Tazyeem Khan, Clinical Epidemiologist says, "If you have had a high viral load, which means that you will have a strong immune response and your body will remember that infection for a longer time. However if you have had a very mild infection, your immune response will be weak and probably the longevity of that immune response will not be as good as someone who has had a severe infection." In the same story, Dr Vishal Rao, an Oncologist with HCG cancer centre, Bengaluru, has said that, "A weakened immune system, or in general, lower levels of immunity are key reasons why there is a risk of reinfection." In addition, he says that false positives during testing of the first “infection” could also be a contributing factor for the “re-infection” statistics – though in reality the patients have contracted COVID-19 for the first time. #covid #covid19 #coronavirus #covidinfection #covid #covid19 #coronavirus #covidinfection