Polish scientists find gene that doubles risk of serious COVID

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Polish scientists have found a gene that they say more than doubles the risk of becoming severely ill with COVID-19, a discovery they hope could help doctors identify people who are most at risk from the disease. With vaccine hesitancy a major factor behind high coronavirus death rates in central and eastern Europe, researchers hope that identifying those at greatest risk will encourage them to get a shot and give them access to more intensive treatment options in case of an infection. 'After more than a year and a half of work it was possible to identify a gene responsible for a predisposition to becoming seriously ill (with coronavirus),' said Health Minister Adam Niedzielski.

Medical staff members treat patients inside the coronavirus disease ward at the Hospital of the Ministry of Interior and Administration in Warsaw

With vaccine hesitancy a major factor behind high coronavirus death rates in central and eastern Europe, researchers hope that identifying those at greatest risk will encourage them to get a shot and give them access to more intensive treatment options in case of an infection. "This means that in the future we will be able to... identify people with a predisposition to suffer seriously from COVID."

 

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