Medics have reported what they believe to be the first case of Covid-19 reinfection in the State. In a paper published in the Irish Medical Journal (IMJ), the medics explain that a female healthcare worker (40) contracted Covid-19 seven months after originally falling ill with the disease last year. It goes on to say that the healthcare worker presented with a cough, sore throat, headache, fatigue and myalgia again last November. The paper states that the woman’s symptoms were milder and a faster recovery took place second time around. Significant consequencesThe authors state that the consequences of Covid-19 re-infection “are significant in healthcare workers due to the impact on service delivery and cross infection in other health care workers and patients”.

Source: The Irish Times June 01, 2021 13:35 UTC