Patients who have undergone COVID-19 remain immune to infection for six months. About this on the air radio station ” Vesti FM ” said the head of Rospotrebnadzor a> Anna Popova , referring to the observations of scientists.
According to her, existing vaccines should protect a person for the same period and even more. “For six months, immunity is absolutely sure to hold out after the disease, therefore, the vaccine should not give a shorter period,” she said.
Popova added that the epidemiological situation will stabilize when about 60 percent of the population receives the vaccine.
Previously, virologist at the Gamaleya Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology Alexander Butenko said that after COVID-19 a person produces fewer antibodies than after vaccination.
Head of the Gamaleya Center Alexander Gintsburg noted that it is possible to obtain protection against coronavirus for two years if using a hybrid vaccine based on Sputnik V preparations and AstraZeneca.