Talk about having a bad day!.The New York Post is reporting an Italian man has become the first person in the world to test positive for COVID-19, monkeypox and HIV all on the same day.."The unidentified 36-year-old first developed a fever, sore throat and headaches nine days after returning from a trip to Spain where he had unprotected sex with other men, according to a case study in the Journal of Infection," said the Post..On July 2, the man tested positive for COVID-19, but his medical problems were just beginning..Hours later, the man started to have a rash and small blisters covering his body..He went back to hospital on July 6 and tested positive again for COVID-19 and monkeypox..That same day, the patient learned he was HIV-positive..He had tested negative for HIV last September, said the study..“As this is the only reported case of monkeypox virus, SARS-CoV-2 and HIV co-infection, there is still not enough evidence supporting that this combination may aggravate [a] patient’s condition,” said researchers.
Talk about having a bad day!.The New York Post is reporting an Italian man has become the first person in the world to test positive for COVID-19, monkeypox and HIV all on the same day.."The unidentified 36-year-old first developed a fever, sore throat and headaches nine days after returning from a trip to Spain where he had unprotected sex with other men, according to a case study in the Journal of Infection," said the Post..On July 2, the man tested positive for COVID-19, but his medical problems were just beginning..Hours later, the man started to have a rash and small blisters covering his body..He went back to hospital on July 6 and tested positive again for COVID-19 and monkeypox..That same day, the patient learned he was HIV-positive..He had tested negative for HIV last September, said the study..“As this is the only reported case of monkeypox virus, SARS-CoV-2 and HIV co-infection, there is still not enough evidence supporting that this combination may aggravate [a] patient’s condition,” said researchers.
