New aspects of the Coronavirus infection are coming to the fore as the pandemic continues its vice-like grip. New symptoms are being discovered and so are residual symptoms. Complications and threats involved with catching the infection are also evolving. The latest issue being witnessed and discussed is the COVID-19 re-infection. In the last few weeks, as many as five cases have emerged from Delhi alone. This month, the Delhi government-run Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital reported two instances of patients with a relapse of COVID-19 after recovering one-and-a-half months ago.

Aakash Healthcare in Dwarka reported a case in July where a cancer patient re-contracted COVID-19 and died weeks after recovery. IANS spoke to some experts to get to the bottom of the matter. Does retesting positive in RT-PCR mean reinfection? As per the experts, the virus SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19, lives in the body of the infected person even after the person recovers.