Chennai: A 90-year-old woman in Belgium has died after she contracted an infection from the Alpha and Beta strains of Covid-19.
According to an AFP report, the woman, who was unvaccinated, was admitted to the OLV Hospital in the Belgian city of Aalst after testing positive for Covid-19.
She had been admitted after suffering multiple falls and showed good initial oxygen levels. However, her condition deteriorated rapidly and she died five days after being admitted.
When doctors tested her to see which variant she has, they found traces of both the Alpha and Beta variants.
“Both these variants were circulating in Belgium at the time, so it is likely that the lady was co-infected with different viruses from two different people,” said molecular biologist Anne Vankeerberghen from the OLV Hospital who led the research.