Israeli coronavirus survivor reinfected with South African variant

Ziv Yaffe tested positive for COVID-19 now twice, after originally testing positive for the virus last August. However, with this new South African strain, Yaffe said he had no symptoms, saying he “feels good and hasn’t infected anyone else,” according to a Ynet report. Yaffe, 57, tested positive for the new strain after returning from Turkey to Israel. According to Yaffe, it was harder for him to deal with the virus when he caught it last August. “I am not a doctor or a researcher, but I can say that personally for the first time I was really very ill,” he said in the report. In the case of the new strain that Yaffe received, the possible explanation for not having any symptoms may be due to “the [presence of] antibodies to the original virus that protected against the disease when infected with the strain, “according to Prof. Shai Efrati. Yaffe is currently participating in a study conducted by Efrati, where he assesses people’s immune systems after coronavirus recovery. ” Since then, we have followed him, and over time we have seen that in all antibodies they drop – but we don’t know if that is enough to prevent another disease. It must be emphasized that antibodies do not necessarily prevent infection, “added Efrati in the report. In his review on returning from Turkey, Yaffe was confirmed to be a carrier of the South African strain.” He had the virus, but he was not “I’m sick,” said Efrati. “His wife, daughters and grandchildren also lived with him – but none of them were infected.”

According to the teacher. Efrati: “This is a case from which much can be learned. The antibodies he developed in August protected him from developing a disease,” he told Ynet. “This means that the antibodies that developed from the original virus provided protection against the disease, even when infected with the South African mutation.” As a result of the increase in coronavirus cases, the Israeli government agreed to extend the current blockade until next Friday morning and the Knesset passed a bill that doubles the fine for violations of the new coronavirus regulations