Antibody levels of recovered Covid-19 patients drop sharply after three months, says Health DG


PETALING JAYA: A local study of those recovered from Covid-19 has revealed that their antibody levels had decreased sharply three months after they have recovered.

Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said that the antibody response in the study among those from the Sungai Lui Covid-19 cluster was only 20%.

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