WHO urges activities for ‘long COVID’ victims

WHO urges activities for ‘long COVID’ victims

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  • Source: PTI

  • Date: 25 Feb,2021

The World Health Organisation’s Europe unit is reporting that about one in 10 individuals who contracted COVID-19 continue to show persistent ill health 12 weeks after infection.

Dr Hans Kluge, the head of WHO Europe, says much about so-called long COVID remains unknown, but the burden is real, and it’s significant.

It said available data revealed that about one in four individuals with COVID-19 show symptoms about a month after testing positive, while one in 10 experience symptoms after 12 weeks.

Kluge told reporters that the coronavirus is still spreading at very high rates across the 53-country European area, citing two variants of concern.

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