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COVID-19 IMMUNITY

  How to enhance immunity to cope up with COVID-19 infection. Ashfaq Ahmad Shah* Research scholar (Department of Infection and Immunity, Graphic era university).  *Email: ashfaqfazal1935@gmail.com ASHFAQ AHMAD SHAH MICROBIOLOGIST The novel coronavirus is newly emergent in the human population because of antigenic variation. Therefore, the general population is prone to its attack because they lack immunity against it. SARS-CoV-2 can infect individuals with normal or compromised immunity. The quantity of exposure to the virus also defines whether you get infected or not. If one is exposed to a large number of virions, the person may get sick even if his/her immune function is normal. For people with poor immunity, such as the elderly, pregnant women or people with liver or kidney dysfunction, the disease progresses relatively quickly and the symptoms are more severe. The main factor defining whether one gets infected or not is the chance of exposure. So, we can’t s...