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Rajkot: Blood groups can give a fair indication of how much one is at the risk of contracting coronavirus infection as well as the infection’s severity. A study involving 405 Covid patients carried out by Rajkot-based Saurashtra University (SU) has shown that people with A blood group are the highest risk of getting infected while those having O blood group have the least chances. The findings done by by the psychology department team complements the similar findings published in the reputed ‘Blood Advances’ journal of American Society of Hematology, said Yogesh Jogsan, head of the psychology department. “Several studies carried out during the peak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) pandemic had also concluded that O blood group people had less risk of infection. The genetic code of novel coronavirus and SARS virus match 80%, said Jogsan.

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