the coronavirus. But they still have coronavirus germs in their body that they could give to someone else by mistake.
But
I feel f¡ne, Mum!
I’m better now
Hooray
for ant¡bod¡es!
The body has an amazing weapon against viruses called antibodies. Tiny cells in your blood make antibodies to fight each different virus invader. The antibodies catch the viruses, then the blood cells swallow them up and destroy them and then the person gets better.
When they get the coronavirus, lots of people get coughs and a high temperature. Some people also have a headache or aches all over their body.
People are usually ill for a few days. But bodies are amazing things. When a new germ, like the coronavirus, gets into someone’s body, their body knows that the germ shouldn’t be there and starts killing it.
I feel really awful!
That means there are more different antibodies inside you right now than there are people in the world!
WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU CATCH THE CORONAVIRUS?
Each of us has more than 10 billion different kinds of antibody inside us.