Belgian woman two variants: Woman sickened by two Covid 19 variants and died

Belgian woman sickened by two COVID-19 variants and died

In Belgium, scientists say, a person has been found to be doubly infected with two COVID-19 variants for the first time. Experts warn of this underestimated danger.

Belgian woman dies after double infection

In Belgium, a 90-year-old woman contracted two coronavirus variants simultaneously and died. The case raises the question: How dangerous are co-infections?

A 90-year-old woman in Belgium has died after being infected with two different variants of the coronavirus at the same time. According to scientists on Sunday, the unvaccinated woman lived alone at home, where she was cared for by a nursing service.

After several falls, she was admitted to a hospital in Aalst in early March, where she tested positive for the coronavirus the same day, they said. Initially, her blood oxygen saturation was good, but then the patient's condition deteriorated rapidly and she died within five days, according to a statement from the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.