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Combined immunity by vaccine and Covid-19 infection protects more and for a longer time

A study of the World Health Organization (WHO)In collaboration with Unity Studies y SeroTrackerconcluded that “hybrid immunity” against Covid-19that is, the one obtained after having had the disease and also having the vaccination scheme, remains at very high levels even after one year.

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The study, which was published Wednesday in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, reported that this hybrid immunity offers greater protection than that developed simply by passing the disease, and thus reinforces the idea that it is advisable to get vaccinated even if you have been previously affected by the disease. Covid-19.

According to the study, supported by data from 26 investigationsafter a year of hybrid immunitya patient has 95 percent less chance of developing severe forms of the disease that require hospitalization, a percentage that drops to 75 percent with the simple immunity of previously unvaccinated patients.

The protection against reinfection Covid-19 is lower in both cases, but here too hybrid immunity has advantages, as it the chances of getting sick again drop 42 percentwhile for the unvaccinated they only drop by 25 percent.

Covid-19 infections remain in CDMX

In Mexico City, of the people who applied the Test of Covid-19 during the month of December, 30 percent tested positive, according to the Health Secretary.

From December 1 to 14, 2022, date of the last cut of the health authority in the Open Data portal46 thousand 684 were applied SARS-CoV-2 testingof which 14 thousand 372 were positive to the virus.

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While in the winter months there is a possibility that the number of infected peoplethe response to the fourth dose, which at this time corresponds to the supply of the Cuban Abdala dose, is moderate, since the residents of the capital have decreased attendance at vaccination points.

With information from Karla Mora

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