You Can Transmit Covid Even If You Are Immune

A new study led by Public Health England (PHE) gives early warning that some people with existing Covid immunity can still carry high levels of the virus and could theoretically transmit it.

- Dr Miriam Stoppard

Susan Hopkins, senior medical adviser at PHE and co-leader of the study has highlighted this possibility.

“We found people with very high amounts of virus in their nose and throat swabs that would easily be in the range which would cause levels of transmission to other individuals.”

Hopkins stressed the need for people who had previously caught Covid-19 and recovered to obey social distancing rules, wear masks and observe hygiene to avoid transmitting the disease. On this basis, a relaxation of lockdown would be a long time coming.