Chinese researchers say they have discovered a new “chronic” mutation of the coronavirus in a patient who was contagious for a record-breaking 49 days.
The patient, a middle-aged man, had non-severe symptoms but had a prolonged ability to infect others, said the Chinese military researchers in Wuhan, according to the South China Morning Post.
He had an intermittent low fever and no cough, chills, shortness of breath or other typical symptoms of COVID-19.
CAT imaging showed lesions in both of his lungs, but they disappeared a few days after he was admitted to the hospital, and his body temperature also returned to normal. (Text and photo courtesy NYPost)