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Wuhan's First Covid-19 Patients Still Suffering After Two Years

The last patient recovered from Covid-19 in the Wuhan pulmonary hospital, on June 17, 2020.Source: AFP/Getty Images
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Two years after being hospitalized with Covid-19, more than half of patients still experience symptoms like fatigue and sleep disruption, according to a study in the original epicenter of Wuhan that underscores the pandemic’s lasting burden.

Full recovery has remained elusive for people who suffered through the virus’s first wave, meaning patients had poorer health than the general population and required more attention from health-care services, according to a study published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine.