Man Tested Covid Positive 78 Times Since 2020
Man Tested Covid Positive 78 Times Since 2020
Turkish man Muzaffer Kayasan may hold the record for the longest period of infection for any COVID-19 patient, reported Daily Sabah.
The 56-year-old has tested positive for the deadly disease 78 times since 2020 and is seeking a way out of his situation, which has confined him to his home and hospitals for a total of 14 months.
Kayasan, a leukemia patient, was first diagnosed with COVID-19 in November 2020 and was hospitalized.
He was discharged from the hospital after a brief treatment period and as his illness became less severe. He returned his home in Istanbul’s Sarıyer district, awaiting full recovery in self-isolation.
But it was only the beginning of his confinement. Self-isolation is terminated after two weeks, a period recently reduced for coronavirus patients, if they test negative.
But to his chagrin, all 78 tests he was subject to showed Kayasan was still COVID-19 positive.
He spent nine months in the hospital and another five months at home in self-isolation.
