A NEW STUDY SUGGESTS COVID-19 REINFECTION IS POSSIBLE. HERE'S WHAT TO KNOW

Preliminary research released Monday suggests it’s possible to get COVID-19 twice—but experts say the news is not as concerning as that headline may seem.

a woman holding a little girl wearing a hat: An employee takes a throat swab sample from a woman seeking a test for possible COVID-19 infection at a test station in Bonn, Germany on Aug. 24, 2020.© Andreas Rentz—Getty Images An employee takes a throat swab sample from a woman seeking a test for possible COVID-19 infection at a test station in Bonn, Germany on Aug. 24, 2020.

The new research, which was accepted for publication in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases, details the case of a 33-year-old man living in Hong Kong. He first tested positive for COVID-19 in late March and developed symptoms including cough, sore throat, fever and headache. He made a full recovery, but again tested positive for COVID-19 while traveling home from Europe in mid-August. This time, he did not have any symptoms.

The Hong Kong-based researchers behind the study say the man’s case is the first proven example of reinfection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. There have been other