Disease puts 1 in 5 at risk of severe Covid-19, says study | The Malaysian Insight

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Disease puts 1 in 5 at risk of severe Covid-19, says study

Palestinians spend the day at the beach, amid the coronavirus pandemic, in Gaza City, on June 15, 2020. As countries move out of lockdown, governments are looking for ways to protect the most vulnerable from a virus that is still circulating. – EPA pic, June 16, 2020.

AN estimated 1.7 billion people – more than 20% of the world’s population – risk becoming severely infected with Covid-19 due to underlying health problems such as obesity and heart disease, analysis showed today. The novel coronavirus, which has killed more than 420,000 people globally during the first wave of the pandemic, adversely effects patients suffering from co-morbidities.

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