| Muzaffur Kayasan in Istanbul, Turkey, has tested positive for COVID-19 only 78 times. (New York Post captured) © News1 |
The story of a Turkish man who tested positive for the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) only 78 times and has been isolated from the outside for 14 months is attracting attention.
According to foreign media such as the Times of India on the 14th (local time), Mujafer Kayasan (56), who lives in Istanbul, Turkey, tested positive for Corona 19 in 78 PCR tests conducted since November 2020. came out
It is known that the reason he has not been cured and has been fighting COVID-19 for a long time is because of ‘leukemia’.
“When I first got COVID-19 14 months ago, I thought I was doomed to die,” he said in an interview with the media.
When the PCR test came back positive last week, Kayasan joked, “Corona is obsessed with me.”
Out of 14 months of fighting the disease, the first 9 months were treated at the hospital, and the following 5 months were treated at home.
He said, “It was my family that made me endure the never-ending battle with the disease,” he said with a laugh.
Experts believe that ‘leukemia’ is the cause of the long fight between Kayasan and Corona 19.
A recent study by the Society for Leukemia and Lymphoma also showed that 1 in 4 blood cancer patients fails to produce antibodies even after vaccination is complete.
Serab Simsek Yavuz, professor of infectious diseases and clinical microbiology at Istanbul University, Kayasan’s doctor, said, “It is the longest period of corona infection we have seen.