How long after recovering from COVID-19 could someone catch it again?

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More than a million Australians have now had COVID, and a key question in the COVID-19 pandemic has been whether we can be re-infected with the virus after recovering. So, does a COVID-19 infection mean you won't get it again? And when can you get vaccinated after contracting COVID? Here's what the infectious disease specialist Vanathi Nagendra say.


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