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The surgeon who performed the operation was also infected with COVID-19 by the donor's lungs.
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The surgeon who performed the operation was also infected with COVID-19 by the donor's lungs.
The lung donor's nose and throat samples tested negative for SARS-CoV-2 prior to the procedure.
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 lung transplant procedure last fall in Michigan resulted in the death of the patient and illness of a surgeon involved from COVID-19, after both the donor and recipient initially tested negative.
A woman received two new lungs in a double transplant last year, but it turns out the lungs were unknowingly infected with COVID-19, reports Kaiser Health News . The unidentified...