Woman infected with two strains of Covid at same time dies
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dailyrecord.co.ukCovid-19 was recently found to have been infected with two separate strains - at the same time.Doctors revealed that the 90-year-old was diagnosed with both the British Kent and South African variants, in a case believed to be the first of its kind.
Unfortunately, the woman died within five days of her symptoms worsening.The discovery has implications for how the viruses interact in an infected person, with it worried the alarming phenomenon could generate deadlier variants that dodge vaccines and spread more easily.Dr Anne Vankeerberghen, a molecular biologist at OLV Hospital in Aalst, Belgium, where the incident occurred, said: "Both these variants were circulating in Belgium at the time."So it is likely the lady was co-infected with.
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