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Covid Struck Nevada Man Twice, and Second Time Was Worse
- 25-year-old tested negative twice between bouts of illness
- Second infection came six weeks later, led to hospitalization
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The first study to investigate the case of a person in the U.S. who contracted Covid-19 twice found reinfection can occur swiftly and the second bout of illness can be more severe.
The research, published in the Lancet medical journal, examined the case of a 25-year-old man living in Nevada who became infected with two different genetic variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in less than two months. He tested negative twice in between, meaning he’s unlikely to have suffered a single prolonged infection.