Study in China finds Covid-19 antibodies last at least 12 months

This handout illustration image obtained on Feb 27, 2020, courtesy of the National Institutes of Health, shows a transmission electron microscopic image showing SARS-CoV-2—also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes Covid-19.

BEIJING (China Daily/ANN): Antibodies against the novel coronavirus can last for at least 12 months in more than 70 per cent of recovered Covid-19 patients, a study published by Chinese researchers on Tuesday (July 6) shows.

The finding adds to growing evidence that vaccination, which elicits an immune response in a way similar to how a live virus triggers human bodies to generate antibodies, can "effectively restrict the spread of SARS-CoV-2", the study said, referring to the novel coronavirus that causes Covid-19.