Previously, the World Health Organization (WHO) said, “Preliminary evidence suggests there may be an increased risk of reinfection with Omicron (ie, people who have previously had COVID-19 could become reinfected more easily with Omicron), as compared to other variants of concern, but information is limited.”
Health experts in India have also not ruled out the possibility of re-infection especially with the highly transmissible variant, Omicron, in circulation.
Earlier, Maharashtra COVID task force member Dr Shashank Joshi told TOI, “Reinfection is something that we cannot ignore in COVID at all, irrespective of the variant. Even if people have recently recovered from an Omicron infection, they cannot take the risk of improper masking or no masking, because reinfection with the variant has still not been ruled out.”
Another member of the task force, Dr Rahul Pandit added by saying, “There is still no official Omicron reinfection case reported anywhere in India. But not following COVID-appropriate behaviour after recent COVID recovery is still not an option because one never knows what variant may surface in the future.
He further advised people to mask up, maintain physical distancing in order to avoid a possible reinfection from any variant.
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