By Nancy Lapid
April 19 (Reuters) - The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus.
Physical inactivity tied to higher COVID-19 risks
Patients with COVID-19 who have been consistently physically inactive have a significantly higher risk of severe outcomes than patients who were getting at least some exercise or regularly met physical activity guidelines prior to the illness, researchers found. Among the 48,440 patients in their study, 14.4% were consistently inactive in the two years before their COVID-19 diagnosis, 79.1% had some activity, and 6.4% consistently met recommended physical activity guidelines of at least 150 minutes per week. Compared with those who consistently met activity guidelines, people who were consistently inactive were more than twice as likely to be hospitalized and to die from the virus, according to a report in the Briti
Physical inactivity tied to higher COVID-19 risk
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Reuters/London Filed on April 20, 2021 | Last updated on April 20, 2021 at 12.11 am
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Consistently inactive patients had worse outcomes than patients who got some exercise
Patients with Covid-19 who have been consistently physically inactive have a significantly higher risk of severe outcomes than patients who were getting at least some exercise or regularly met physical activity guidelines prior to the illness, researchers found. Among the 48,440 patients in their study, 14.4 per cent were consistently inactive in the two years before their Covid-19 diagnosis, 79.1 per cent had some activity, and 6.4 per cent consistently met recommended physical activity guidelines of at least 150 minutes per week.