Covid-19 and their risk of severe complications such as organ failure is also reduced, a study has claimed. The study, put together by boffins in the Netherlands, tested people for the virus and found fewer people with blood type O and more people with A, B, and AB types.
It also found individuals with blood types A and AB, which represent just under 45 per cent of the UK and US populations, are more likely to catch the killer virus.It comes after several previous studies suggested blood type O offers protection from Covid .Lead author of the first study, Dr Torben Barington, of Odense University Hospital, said: "It is very important to consider the proper control group because blood type prevalence may vary considerably in different.