Sign up to FREE email alerts from Mirror - The Coronavirus Briefing Subscribe Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Invalid EmailA patient's blood type could be linked to how likely they are to die of coronavirus, researchers say. The findings, published in The New England Journal of Medicine, suggest people with type A blood have a higher risk of being infected with the coronavirus and developing worse symptoms. And a cluster of variants in genes that are involved with immune responses was more common in people with severe Covid-19, they found. The risk for severe Covid-19 was 45 per cent higher for people with type A blood than those with other blood types. "They also suggest that a genetic test and a person's blood type might provide useful tools for identifying those who may be at greater risk of serious illness."

Source: Daily Mirror June 19, 2020 17:40 UTC