Long Covid Alert: Wuhan Study Finds Health Problems In Recovered Patients Even After A Year


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New Delhi: Around half of the patients who were hospitalised with Covid-19 diagnosis last year still suffer from at least one symptom, even after a year of recovery, a recent study has found. The study published in The Lancet was conducted on 1,276 patients in Wuhan, China, where the first Covid case was recorded. In around 35.7% of the patients whose illness was most severe, symptoms like shortness of breath and lung damages persisted, the study says. The flow of oxygen from their lungs to the bloodstream was reduced. This was indicative of the fact that the health of recovered...