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UK patient had COVID-19 for 505 days straight, study shows
Colorized electron micrograph image if a cell (blue) infected with a variant strain of Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 isolated from a patient sample. (NIH/NAID/IMAGE.FR/BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) A U.K. patient with a severely weakened immune system had COVID-19 for almost a year and a half, scientists reported, underscoring the importance of protecting vulnerable people from the coronavirus.There’s no way to know for sure whether it was the longest-lasting COVID-19 infection because not everyone gets tested, especially on a regular basis like this case.But at 505 days, "it certainly seems to be the longest reported infection," said Dr.