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Even Mild Covid-19 Infections Can Make People Sick for Months
- 66% of mild-to-moderate cases report symptoms after 60 days
- Loss of smell and taste among persistent effects, study finds
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Covid-19 patients who experience even the mildest illness risk suffering symptoms for months, researchers in France found.
Two-thirds of patients who had a mild-to-moderate case of Covid-19 reported symptoms 60 days after falling ill, when more than a third still felt sick or in a worse condition than when their coronavirus infection began. Prolonged symptoms were more likely among patients aged 40 to 60 years and those who required hospitalization, according to staff at Tours University Hospital, who followed 150 non-critical patients from March to June.