Count the cost of disability caused by COVID-19.
Andrew Briggs
;
Anna Vassall
;
(2021)
Count the cost of disability caused by COVID-19.
Nature, 593 (7860).
pp. 502-505.
ISSN 0028-0836
DOI: 10.1038/d41586-021-01392-2
The COVID-19 pandemic is well into its second year, but countries are only beginning to grapple with the lasting health crisis. In March, a UK consortium reported that 1 in 5 people who were hospitalized with the disease had a new disability after discharge1. A large US study found similar effects for both hospitalized and non-hospitalized people2. Among adults who were not hospitalized, 1 in 10 have ongoing symptoms 12 weeks after a positive test3. Treatment services for the long-term consequences of COVID-19 are already having to be absorbed into health and care systems urgently. Tackling this requires a much clearer picture of the burden of the disease than currently exists.
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