The WHO published an announcement with an extremely worrying last-minute warning for all the countries of the world, the decision being one that is meant to bring to the attention of all people the fact that, based on a study done in the Netherlands on 76.422 people, approximately 12% of them are affected by long-term COVID even many months after healing from the infection with the Coronavirus.
The WHO has been sounding the alarm about long COVID for some time, and says that millions of people around the world are affected by what is basically a prolongation of the symptoms of the Coronavirus infection for long periods of time after healing, and many people suffer from this, some even without receiving the necessary treatment.
The WHO draws attention to the fact that the main symptoms of the infection generated by the Coronavirus, such as loss of taste, smell, chest pain, muscle pain, lumps in the throat, chills, general fatigue, and more, all of which are mainly in people who had a more serious form of the disease.
The WHO reports 580 million infections caused by the Corona virus globally, but in reality the numbers could be 2-5 times higher, so based on the Dutch study, a minimum of 66 million people could be affected by long COVID, but the numbers themselves could be much higher, in reality.
The more we learn about #LongCovid, the more questions there are. @WHO_Europe is working to help countries tackle the challenge that's affecting millions. # COVID19 meanwhile he is still very much with us. Protect yourself, get vaccinated. @hans_kluge @HHS_ASH https://t.co/XUnOwj4D3v
— WHO/Europe (@WHO_Europe) August 6
