Physician-immunologist Vladimir Bolibok revealed the danger of a long course of coronavirus in a conversation with Sputnik radio station. According to him, this form of the disease has been described in people with weakened immune systems.
As the specialist said, the manifestation of chronic coronavirus infection is associated not with the virus or with the strain of the virus, but with the condition of the patient himself. “They do not get the most severe form, but they keep circulating the virus itself for a long time, because their immune system cannot get rid of this virus in any way,” he explained.
Bolibok warned that those suffering from a long form of coronavirus continue to secrete viruses, even when the acute phase of the disease is over. He noted that in such patients, the coronavirus is detected on the mucous membrane as a result of PCR tests. “And since the PCR is positive, it means they are potentially infectious,” Bolibok concluded.