The effect of Blood Groups on infection with the Covid-19 Virus in Al-Zawia Region

Abstract

COVID-19 is the disease caused by a coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2. This study carried out on a number of 114 respondents (who got infected with the COVID-19 disease and recovered, as the number of females    was about 56, or 49%, and the number of males was 58, or 51%, the mean age was 44 years old).  The study was conducted in the Zawia area to reveal the blood groups and its effect on infection with the Coronavirus, Covid-19. The current research shows a strong relationship between some diseases and infection of Coronavirus. On the other hand, the most blood group respondents were A and O with a number of 45     for both. In addition, the largest number of respondents was employees with 30 patients followed by teachers with 26 respondents. Most respondents got simple Pain and the largest number was 30 patients with A blood group followed by O blood group. The majority of respondents generally feel that they are in good health. The respondents had several diseases of the era, such as blood pressure disease, where the number of people with high blood pressure was 18, or 16%. The periods of infection differed among the respondents, as the number of respondents whose period of infection with this disease lasted for a week was 22, or 19%, while the respondents whose period of infection with this disease lasted for two weeks was 19, or 17%. The relationship between blood groups and corona disease, Crosstabs Tests were conducted between blood groups and the period     of infection. The study noted that the value of sig = 0.369, and this indicates that the two characteristics are not independent, that is, there     is a relationship between blood groups and the period of infection, as well as with the same test to find the relationship between blood groups Blood and the effect of infection caused by this disease.