India taking 100 days as cut-off for reinfection… work in progress: ICMR
ICMR director-general Balram Bhargava said that the definition of reinfection, “whether it is 90 days or 100 days is still not decided by even WHO”, and that India is “taking the cut-off of about 100 days if the reinfection occurs”.
During the weekly briefing, Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan highlighted that a significant 35 per cent of deaths have occurred in the age group of 45-60 years, indicating that this age group is highly vulnerable, in the backdrop of resumption of economic activities. (File) Confirming that at least three cases of reinfection have been identified in the country, the ICMR chief on Tuesday said that India is taking 100 days as the cut-off period in the identification of reinfection of novel coronavirus cases.
ICMR director-general Balram Bhargava said that the definition of reinfection, “whether it is 90 days or 100 days is still not decided by even WHO”, and that India is “taking the cut-off of about 100 days if the reinfection occurs”.
“…Because that is what we have assumed as the life of antibodies also… it is still work in progress,” Bhargava said.
“Few reinfection cases have been identified. Two in Mumbai and one in Ahmedabad. We have some data from WHO, which says that there are about two dozen reinfection cases in the world. We are looking at the ICMR database… and finding out from those who have reinfection and making telephonic contact with them to get more data,” Bhargava said.
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