CLEVELAND, Ohio - While catching the new coronavirus does allow the body to generate antibodies that would fight future infection, some Chinese officials are warning that the antibodies in some patients don’t last very long, meaning re-infection is a real possibility.

At the same time, other doctors in China are issuing warnings that patients who catch the bug a second time can have a worse outcome as some of the drugs being used to treat the symptoms can weaken the heart or the body’s immune system.

More than 2,100 people have died from the virus and almost 76,000 have been reported infected.

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Coronavirus news in the U.S.

Coronavirus may be detectable before symptoms start, report suggests (NBC News)

Economic fallout from coronavirus deepens, threatening tech, retail, auto supplies (USA Today)

12 people evacuated from quarantined cruise ship now in California hospital (Sacramento Bee)

Coronavirus fears prompt neighbors of California mom, daughter in self-quarantine to call cops (Fox News)

People being monitored for coronavirus in Kansas City (KMBC)

Seattle scientists closing in on vaccine (KOMO)

Houston genetic engineering co. completes coronavirus vaccine, CEO says (KHOU)

US wildly dependent on coronavirus-plagued China for basic health-care needs (NY Post)

Oregon couple stranded in Japan gets help from state lawmakers (OregonLive)

Coronavirus news around the world

Workers line up for lunch outside a construction site of a hospital as part of plans to fight against a viral outbreak in Beijing, China on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 75,000 people globally. The World Health Organization has named the illness COVID-19, referring to its origin late last year and the coronavirus that causes it. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP

Numbers appear to be stabilizing in China while outbreak fears in Japan, S. Korea increase (CNN)

Two passengers die after being removed from quarantined cruise ship (NBC News)

Scientists question China’s decision not to report symptom-free coronavirus cases (Nature)

Iran reports 2 novel coronavirus deaths, the country’s 1st cases (ABC News)

Chilling footage emerges of China’s deserted streets in coronavirus epicenter (CNET)

China cuts benchmark lending rates amid coronavirus outbreak (CNBC)

Australia extends coronavirus ban on travel from China into fourth week (Guardian)

Outbreak is having an unexpected effect on the environment (Science Alert)

India Is In The Middle Of A Coronavirus YouTube Frenzy, And It’s Going To Get People Killed (BuzzFeed News)

Indonesia has no virus cases - Is that good luck, or bad testing? (Foreign Policy)

Local coronavirus news

China coronavirus patients can take a turn for the worse two weeks into the illness, experts say (cleveland.com)

Ohio State Medical Student Part Of CDC Team Investigating Coronavirus Case (WOSU)

Ohio State extends travel restrictions (The Lantern)

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