Can you get the COVID-19 coronavirus twice?
- Written by Sanjaya Senanayake, Associate Professor of Medicine, Infectious Diseases Physician, Australian National University

Governments are starting to lift restrictions and some are considering “immunity passports”, where all restrictions are lifted for those previously infected.
But are you immune from COVID-19 if you’ve already been infected?
Some infections never recur once you’ve had them, such as measles and smallpox. But you...