The number of cases of coronavirus has reached more than 37.6m globally, as the pandemic continues its spread around the world. However, the latest figures also show that thousands of people have recovered from the disease. While the recovery rate is promising, it does not mean that those who have been infected with coronavirus are not still at risk, as experts believe having the virus once does not mean you cannot get sick from it again. This is what you need to know about coronavirus immunity and contracting the virus more than once.

If you recover from the new coronavirus, do you have immunity? To date, there have been more than 1m deaths from coronavirus globally. However, most people infected with the Covid-19 virus have mild disease and recover, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). But, just because you recover from the virus does not mean you cannot catch it again,…