WHO: 17 million in Europe experienced long COVID-19 13.09.2022

Deutsche Welle | Sep 13, 2022 at 2:00 AM
  • The World Health Organization’s (WHO) European offices said on Tuesday that some 17 million people in Europe experienced COVID-19 symptoms long after having recovered from the disease.
  • Globally, it is estimated that some 145 million people suffered from long COVID symptoms in the first two years of the pandemic.
  • One in three affected women and one in five affected men developed long Covid symptoms after suffering a severe COVID infection.