About 36 million people in the WHO Europe region – that is to say every 30th European – are experiencing long-term corona effects. Against this backdrop, experts warn that much more needs to be done to better understand Long Covid.
“Long Covid remains an apparent blind spot in our knowledge that urgently needs to be filled,” WHO regional director Hans Kluge said at a press conference in Copenhagen on Tuesday. Society will never really recover from the pandemic without the development of integrated diagnostics and forms of treatment.
The WHO counts a total of 53 countries in its European region, including not only the EU, but also countries east of it as far as Central Asia.
Multiple symptoms
Having survived the SARS-CoV-2 infection, some of those affected are experiencing persistent symptoms known as “Long Covid”. These include shortness of breath, tachycardia, headache or chest pain, chronic fatigue, drowsiness, cognitive impairment, sweating, anxiety and depression. But surprisingly, this does not only apply to patients who had to be treated in hospital or even intensive care.
Source: Krone
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