'Certainly, there have been some reported cases of putative relapse, so people who have fallen sick again,' executive director of WHO's emergencies program Dr. Mike Ryan said.
Many recovered Covid-19 patients are reporting a longer road to "full health" than was expected and some might even be relapsing, the World Health Organization said Monday.
The WHO said it is working with governments and hospitals around the world to coordinate data collection and paint a clear picture of symptoms and recovery. "Certainly, there have been some reported cases of putative relapse, so people who have fallen sick again," Executive Director of WHO's emergencies program Dr. Mike Ryan said during a press conference at the agency's headquarters in Geneva. "A lot of work is going now to see whether people have been reinfected or whether it's just a chronic part of the condition."
"We have to separate here what is a long struggle to get back to full health from what might be a continued Covid-19 syndrome where you have persistent virus," he said. "The evidence thus far is that there is very little evidence to suggest that there are people who are persistently suffering from Covid-19."
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