ISLAMABAD: A new research has stated that the people having blood group ‘O’ have less chance of contracting coronavirus.
According to research, the people with blood group ‘A’ might be more exposed as compared to blood group ‘O’. The researchers have said that genetics plays in susceptibility to contracting the virus, and some more specifically have linked the role played by blood type.
The studies came to a similar conclusion that the people with blood type O have less chance of getting COVID-19.
Two studies came out of Wuhan, the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak, one that researched the link between blood type and COVID-19 awareness, and the other that investigated the link between blood type and the risk of contracting pneumonia caused by SARS-COV-2, the novel coronavirus.
Global cases of the novel coronavirus reached over 8 million as infections surge in Latin America and the United States and China face fresh outbreaks.
The first case was reported in China in early January and it took until early May to reach 4 million cases. It has taken just five weeks to double to 8 million cases. Global deaths currently stand at over 434,000 and have doubled in seven weeks.
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