MOST COVID-19 PATIENTS HAVE AT LEAST ONE SYMPTOM 6 MONTHS ON

Sat 09 January 2021:

More than three-quarters of people hospitalised with Covid-19 still suffered from at least one symptom after six months, according to a study that scientists said shows the need for further investigation into lingering virus effects.

The research, which was published in the Lancet medical journal and involved hundreds of patients in the Chinese city of Wuhan, is among the few to trace the long-term symptoms of Covid-19 infection.

It found that fatigue or muscle weakness were the most common symptoms, while people also reported sleeping difficulties.

The World Health Organization has said the virus poses a risk for some people of serious ongoing effects – even among young, otherwise healthy people who were not hospitalised.

The new study included 1,733 Covid-19 patients discharged from Jinyintan Hospital in Wuhan between January and May last year.