Brussels (EFE).- The persistent covid has affected 17 million Europeans in the first two years of the pandemic and the number continues to increase, according to data announced today by the European Commissioner for Health, Stella Kyriakides, to the ministers of the Twenty-seven.
“One in eight people experience symptoms that last longer than expected. People are left with a variety of physical and psychological symptoms, such as fatigue, shortness of breath or depression,” Kyriakides said during a council of European Health Ministers held in Brussels on Tuesday.
A network of experts to treat persistent covid
According to the World Health Organization, patients who have not fully recovered at least two months after infection suffer from persistent covid and account for between 10 and 20% of patients affected by the coronavirus.
The European Commission is creating a network of national experts to “address challenges related to the management of long-term covid,” added Kyriakides, who noted that much progress has been made in understanding this disease but stressed that it is necessary to continue deepening.
The Community Executive has financed six investigations on the matter with a total of 42 million euros, he added.