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The European Union's Disease Control Agency said today that smoking makes people more vulnerable to serious complications from infection with the Coronavirus.
In an updated assessment of the risks posed by the Corona virus, Reuters reported, the European Center for Disease Control and Prevention included smokers among those who may be at highest risk of Covid 19.
The center also mentioned that data from China showed that 80 percent of people infected with the virus showed only mild symptoms, but this percentage fell in Europe to 70 percent, where three of every ten cases required hospitalization.
The European Union agency noted in its report that among the people most at risk are 19 patients over 70 years of age and people with underlying health conditions such as high blood pressure, diabetes or cardiovascular disease, indicating that men are more likely to develop disease Of women.
The agency quoted a study by Chinese doctors on a sample of 99 patients infected with Corona that heavy smokers are at more risk of dying from the virus compared to older persons.
