The World
Health Organization (WHO) warned on Saturday that there is no evidence that
people who have been diagnosed with the new coronavirus have been vaccinated
and protected from infection again.
The warning indicates
that the issuance of immune passports may encourage the continued spread of the
epidemic.
There is
currently, no evidence that people who have recovered from # COVID19 have
antibodies protected from a second infection the WHO said in a statement.
As of April
24, 2020, no study had assessed whether the presence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies
conferring immunity to post-infection with this virus in humans.
Some
governments, who want to gradually return to work and resume economic activity,
have come up with the idea of issuing documents that support people's immunity
on the basis of serological tests that reveal the presence of antibodies in the
blood.
But the
World Health Organization warns that the effectiveness of immunization thanks
to antibodies has not yet been determined, and the available scientific data do
not justify the granting of an immunization passport or no risk certificate.
At this the point in the epidemic there is insufficient evidence of the effectiveness of
antibody-mediated immunity to ensure the accuracy of an immunity passport or risk-free
certificate.
Those who
are presumed immune to a second infection because they have received a positive the test result may ignore public health advice the WHO said.
Therefore
the use of such certificates could increase the risk of continuous
transmission.
The World
Health Organization also believes that the serological tests currently used need
additional verification to determine their accuracy and reliability.
In
particular, tests should make it possible to distinguish between the immune the response of the new coronavirus and the antibodies produced during infection
with another virus from six known human coronaviruses four of which are spread
and cause mild colds.
The other
two are responsible for the Middle East respiratory syndrome and severe acute
respiratory syndrome.
People
infected with one or another of these viruses is able to produce antibodies
that interact with the produced antibodies in response to the infection caused
by SARS-CoV-2
The WHO
said, stressing the importance of being able to identify them.
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