An additional source of concern arises out of the emergence of a group whose symptoms persist beyond the acute phase of illness, known as ‘post-acute COVID’ or ‘long COVID’. Although there is no consensus definition, long COVID syndrome may feature fatigue, dyspnoea, cardiovascular abnormal...
While the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a large drop in pollution levels [264], exposure to air pollution may increase the odds of COVID-19 infection [259,265] as well as symptoms severity [259,266] and risk of death [259,267,268]. In terms of COVID-19 mortality, of the ...
Long COVID is an often debilitating illness that occurs in at least 10% of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections. More than 200 symptoms have been identified with impacts on multiple organ systems. At least 65 milli
However, unlike those who were “annoyed but well,” for this individual gaming was not enough to shield her from the isolating effects of lockdown but she expressed symptoms of increasing depression and had lost interest in many daily activities. Gaming, among other technologies, was mainly a ...
Ogen (2020) used spatial analysis to examine the relationship between long-term exposure to NO2 and COVID-19 mortality in 66 administrative regions in France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. He showed that 78% of the total COVID-19 deaths were located in north Italy and central Spain, i.e....
Transmission and symptoms of COVID-19 The COVID-19, or severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered pathogenic virus from the coronavirus family, the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) [13]. The first case was recorded in Wuh...
When it comes to long-term mental health problems, there are multifold risk factors. In regard to PTSD and chronic psychological distress after the acute phase of COVID-19, the greater exposure to the illness was associated with a higher incidence of subsequent PTSD. Loss of a loved one, ho...
quarantine, workers had to pass a pre-screening questionnaire that filtered symptomatic individuals and those with recent exposure. During quarantine, a positive RT-PCR led to removal of the individual from the quarantine environment, placing them in isolation for 10 days with medical follow-up. ...
17 Brighton criteria require sudden onset after vaccination, rapid progression of signs and symptoms, involvement of 2 or more organ systems, and no clear alternative etiology for anaphylaxis. To allow 30 days for a complete review, we included cases identified through May 29, 2021. Statistical ...
Incubation period was defined as the time from when the infection occurred to the onset of signs and symptoms or the first positive test. It was measured with cases of a well-defined period of exposure and symptom onset. Results of searches were screened in 2 stages. First, titles and ...