This 69-year-old American woman still suffers from lingering effects of Covid-19 over a year after she was exposed to the coronavirus on March 23, 2020. Reuters
People discharged from hospital after Covid-19 appear to have increased rates of organ damage, i.e. multiorgan dysfunction, compared with similar individuals in the general population, finds a study published by
The BMJ on April 31 (2021).
The increase in risk was not confined to the elderly and was not uniform across ethnic groups, prompting the researchers to suggest that the long-term burden of Covid-19-related illness on hospitals and broader healthcare systems is likely to be substantial.
A segment of Covid-19 survivors face possible long-term complications
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There is growing evidence that about 10% of people with Covid-19 will go on to experience long Covid , where symptoms such as fatigue, shortness of breath, fevers, gastrointestinal issues, sleep disorders, brain fog , anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression persist for 12 weeks or longer. The proportion of people affected by long Covid indicates that there could be almost a million people affected in the UK.
Almost a million people in the UK may have been affected by ‘long Covid’. Credit: WildMedia / Shutterstock.
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Irish agri-food exporters got a welcome reprieve after the UK government announced a six month delay to customs controls that were due to come into effect today.
Food producers had been expected to produce certain customs documents and certificates signed by vets to move products of animal origin into Britain.
Those checks will now start in October. Full processes for some other imports will not come into force until January 2022.
Carol Lynch, Partner in BDO Customs and International Trade Services, said it was a welcome reprieve on both sides of the Irish Sea as Irish exporters were not ready for new UK import controls, had they been implemented from today.