Covid, the virus can remain in the body for over 1 year - Healthcare.com. Scientists have found fragments of Sars-CoV-2, called Covid antigens, persisting in the blood for up to 14 months after infection and for more than two years in tissue samples of people affected by the virus.
The findings were presented at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI), held March 3-6, 2024 in Denver.