Officials at the University of Michigan Medical School suggested the case may be the first proven incident in the U.S. in which the coronavirus was transmitted via an organ transplant.
A tragic case : Organ transplant patient dies after getting Covid-infected lungs
21 Feb, 2021 06:26 PM
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A woman in Michigan contracted Covid-19 and died two months after receiving a tainted double-lung transplant from a donor who harboured the virus. Photo / Getty, File
A woman in Michigan contracted Covid-19 and died two months after receiving a tainted double-lung transplant from a donor who harboured the virus. Photo / Getty, File
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Doctors in the US say a Michigan woman died two months after receiving Covid-infected lungs during a double-lung transplant.
The donor turned out to have harboured the virus that causes Covid-19 - despite showing no signs of illness and initially testing negative.
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