The longest known COVID-19 infection is described by UK researchers at this year s European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) in Lisbon, Portugal, (23-26 April). The.
British researchers believe they have documented the longest-known Covid-19 infection, in a patient who tested positive for a total of 505 days before their death.
LONDON, United Kingdom - British researchers believe they have documented the longest-known Covid-19 infection, in a patient who tested positive for a total of 505 days before their death.
AFP/ MANILA BULLETIN The previous record for persistent infection rather than repeated bouts of Covid -
One researcher said the unnamed individual was diagnosed in mid-2020 with respiratory symptoms that later improved, but the patient then tested positive about 45 times up to their death.