Scientists claim to have found gene that doubles the risk of severe Covid
Scientists have claimed to have found a gene which doubles the risk of becoming severely ill with Covid. It is said that the gene is one of the most important factors in determining how severe their Covid infection could turn out to be, the Mirror reports.
Experts at Poland’s Medical University in Bialystok found that 14 per cent of Poles had the gene - which is higher compared to eight to nine per cent in Europe as a whole.
The findings could help doctors identify those most a risk from the virus and give them priority for their jabs.Vaccine hesitancy is believed to be driving a high number of deaths in central and eastern Europe.Around 56 per cent of people in Poland have been fully vaccinated against Covid, compared to 66 per cent of Scots aged 12 and over who have been given two doses and their booster vaccination.Yesterday, Poland recorded almost 17,000 new infections and 480 deaths from the virus in just 24 hours.And there are fears over the state of the pandemic in Poland over the coming weeks, as the country braces itself a wave of Omicron cases.
Back in Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon has said that Covid cases haven fallen in almost all age groups in the past week amid the Omicron wave.
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