Inside a US hospital (data map) Overseas Network, July 7. According to a report by NBC New York on the 5th, a new study from Yale University showed that a cancer patient in Connecticut, USA, was infected with the new coronavirus for 471 days. During this time, the virus mutated t

Inside a hospital in the United States (data map)

Overseas Network, July 7 (Xinhua) According to a report by NBC New York on the 5th, a new study from Yale University showed that a cancer patient in Connecticut, USA, was infected with the new coronavirus. The virus lasts for 471 days. During this time, the virus mutated three times in his body.

reported that during their regular monitoring of new coronavirus variants, they found the B.1.517 variant strain in Connecticut , and this variant has long disappeared around the world. Through tracking, the research team found a lymphoma patient in his 60s. The patient first tested positive for the new coronavirus in November 2020, and the test results until March 2022 were positive.

"The patient's new coronavirus test results have been positive for 471 days after the initial diagnosis," the report added, adding that the patient was contagious and had a high viral load during this period. In addition to prolonged infection, the research team also noticed that the new coronavirus mutated rapidly in patients over time, and even three different new variants appeared. The report states that the new coronavirus may mutate twice as fast in this patient as in the general population.

column editor: Qin Hong Text editor: Cao Fei Source of title picture: Xinhua News Agency Picture editor: Xu Jiamin

source: Author: Overseas Network Zhang Ni