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SEPTEMBER 13, 2022 Journal information:<\/strong>Nature Medicine<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

New research suggests at least 17 million people in the European Union may have experienced long COVID-19 symptoms during the first two years of the coronavirus pandemic, with women more likely than men to suffer from the condition, the World Health Organization said Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The research, conducted for the WHO\/Europe, was unclear on whether the symptoms that linger, recur or first appear at least one month after a coronavirus infection were more common in vaccinated or unvaccinated people. At least 17 million people met the WHO’s criteria of long COVID-19\u2014with symptoms lasting at least three months in 2020 and 2021, the report said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Millions of people in our region, straddling Europe and Central Asia, are suffering debilitating symptoms many months after their initial COVID-19 infection,” said Hans Henri P. Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe, during a conference in Tel Aviv.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The modeling also suggests that women are twice as likely as men to experience long COVID-19, and the risk increases dramatically among severe infections needing hospitalization, the report said. One-in-three women and one-in-five men are likely to develop long COVID-19, according to the report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Knowing how many people are affected and for how long is important for health systems<\/a> and government agencies<\/a> to develop rehabilitative and support services<\/a>,” said Christopher Murray, director of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, which conducted the research for the WHO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The research, which represents estimates and not actual numbers of affected people, tracks with some other recent studies on the constellation of longer-term symptoms after coronavirus infections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A U.S. study of veterans published in Nature Medicine<\/em> in May provided fresh evidence that long COVID-19 can happen even after breakthrough infections in vaccinated people, and that older adults<\/a> face higher risks for the long-term effects. The study showed that about one-third who had breakthrough infections exhibited signs of long COVID.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A separate report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that up to a year after an initial coronavirus infection<\/a>, 1 in 4 adults aged 65 and older had at least one potential long COVID-19 health problem, compared with 1 in 5 younger adults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most people who have COVID-19 fully recover. But the WHO in Europe report on Tuesday estimated that 10% to 20% develop mid- and long-term symptoms such as fatigue, breathlessness and cognitive dysfunction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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