Patient had COVID-19 for more than 500 days
The case appears to be the longest reported infection of the pandemic, says UK infectious diseases expert Dr Luke Blagdon Snell
A patient with a severely weakened immune system had COVID-19 for almost a year and a half, according to UK clinicians investigating a link between prolonged infection and new variants.
At 505 days, “it certainly seems to be the longest reported infection”, said Dr Luke Blagdon Snell, an infectious diseases expert at the Guy’s & St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust.
