Undernourishment Raises the Risk of Dying from Coronavirus
Of 520 (6%) children with severe coronavirus, 39 (7.5%) were previously malnourished, compared with 125 (1.5%) of 7,959 (98.45%) children with mild COVID-19. For adults, of 11,423 (11%) with severe coronavirus, 453 (4%) had a previous diagnosis of malnutrition, compared with 1,557 (1.8%) of 81,515 (98.13%) adults with mild disease.
According to the authors, support measures need to be developed for populations which are vulnerable to malnutrition. This will reduce the increased risk of severe infection and death from the coronavirus.
Earlier, UfacityNews.ru wrote that the biologist assessed the danger of new strains of COVID-19 for vaccinated and recovered.
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