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What does it mean to be immunocompromised? And why does this increase your risk of coronavirus?

  • Written by Sarah Jones, Research Fellow, Centre for Inflammatory Disease Monash Health, Monash University
What does it mean to be immunocompromised? And why does this increase your risk of coronavirus?Shutterstock

Immunocompromised is a broad term reflecting the fact someone’s immune system isn’t as strong and balanced as it should be.

Because immunocompromised people’s immune systems are defective or ineffective, they’re unable to stop invasion and colonisation by foreign intruders, including the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which...

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