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‘More dangerous dual infection’: Warnings patients could catch two COVID-19 strains at once – NEWS.com.au
‘More dangerous dual infection’: Warnings patients could catch two COVID-19 strains at once
Patients could catch two COVID-19 strains at once, scientists say, after reports of dual infection from Brazil.And it could lead to even more new variants evolving, with abilities to dodge vaccines and spread easier.
Amid growing concern of new variants popping up globally, doctors said they were the first to describe the phenomenon of a coronavirus coinfection.
Two people in their 30s tested positive for two Brazilian strains known as P.1 and P.2.
The patients were infected in late November with…
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