Jakarta, CNN Indonesia –
Researchers report the first death from reinfection corona virus. The patient is a woman aged 89 years at Netherlands.
Before becoming infected, he was hospitalized due to suffering macroglobulinemia Waldenström, a rare type of white blood cell cancer that cannot be treated and cured.
Researchers revealed that the woman arrived at the emergency department earlier this year with a fever and severe cough.
He tested positive for the corona virus and remained in hospital for 5 days, after which all his symptoms subsided, except for persistent fatigue.
Nearly 2 months later, just two days after starting a new stage of chemotherapy, he developed fever, cough and dyspnea.
When admitted to the hospital, his oxygen saturation was 90 percent with a respiratory rate of 40 times per minute. He again tested positive for Covid-19 while the antibody test was negative on days 4 and 6.
“On day 8, the patient’s condition worsened. He died two weeks later,” the researchers were quoted as saying by BNO News, Tuesday (13/10).
The team had access to test samples for both infections and confirm that the genetic makeup of each virus is different to a degree that cannot be explained by in-vivo evolution. This supports the finding that the woman was reinfected with the coronavirus.
To date, researchers have confirmed only 23 cases of reinfection, but in all previous cases, patients recovered.
Research on reinfection is limited because of the amount of work involved. People with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can continue to test positive for several months without becoming contagious.
As a result, the researchers needed samples of the two infections to determine whether the genetic makeup of the viruses was different.
Corona reinfection has been found several times in the world. Launching several sources, it was first found in a man in Mexico.
Experts say this is a common thing if the survivor does not take steps to prevent transmission back.
(ndn/dea)
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