According to a British medical expert, people are likely to be reinfected by different strains of the coronavirus every few years.
According to a recent report, Paul Hunter, a professor of medicine at the University of East Anglia, is predicting even more variants of the virus even if the pandemic ends.
The World Health Organization has identified three variants of the coronavirus, including strains from South Africa and Brazil, which experts say may be resistant to vaccines.
Hunter said it was “difficult to predict” how COVID will mutate, and that adding new species may not lead to serious disease.
Still, in an interview with BBC Radio 4, he urged governments to be vigilant about reopening economies.
“We know that new variants are emerging, it is abundantly clear, and some new variants are spreading and becoming dominant,” he said. “Many new variants simply die out. … Ultimately, we expect to be re-infected with the same virus every two to four years with the other human coronaviruses. “
