Long Covid patients exercise during therapy at John Paul II Specialists Hospital in Poland. Half of Covid-19 patients who were hospitalised went on to have long Covid. — AFP
Almost a fifth of Covid-19 patients without symptoms went on to experience conditions consistent with long Covid a month after their initial diagnosis, according to a huge study published on June 15 (2021).
The analysis by US non-profit organisation FAIR Health encompassed insurance claims from 1.96 million Americans – the largest population of patients ever studied for long Covid – from February 2020 to February 2021.
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