ISLAMABAD, Sept 13 (Alliance News): The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that in Europe alone, 7 million cases of people found positive of Covid-19 in the last two years, and most of them are still suffering from the disease.
The term “long-covid” is used for those patients who are suffering from Corona, who continue to suffer from various medical problems even after recovery.
Various studies so far have shown that people suffering from Long Covid have at least 200 different medical complaints or symptoms, including some very serious complications.
Long covid means suffering from corona like symptoms and other medical complications for 6 months to two and a half years even after recovery from Corona and according to estimates, there are about 150 million people around the world who are suffering from Long covid. .
The World Health Organization has stated in its latest report that only in the European region, 17 million people have been suffering from Long Kovid, that is, they are suffering from some of its symptoms despite recovering from Corona.
According to WHO press release, the European spokesperson of the World Health Organization told a press conference in Tel Aviv that since 2020, there are 17 million people who have been victims of Corona. Have experienced long-term covid for at least three months.
The report did not specify how many people in Europe are currently suffering from Long-Covid, but said that the total number of such people has reached 170 million in the last two years.
The report also stated that women are becoming the majority of people affected by Ling covid, and that one in three adult women in Europe, while one in five adult men, are affected by Ling covid.
According to the report, the symptoms of the disease were severe in the women suffering from Long Kovid and they had to be admitted to the hospital due to the complications due to the symptoms.
Earlier, a study from the United States had reported that one out of every four elderly people was suffering from chronic illness, but such problems were less common among young patients.
A recent study on Loncovid alarmingly claimed that an increase in suicidal tendencies was noted among Loncovid sufferers.