A US survey - the largest ever to study the long-term effects of the disease - poses a disturbing finding: nearly a quarter of people who have contracted Covid-19 face health problems that they were previously unknown.
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Almost a quarter of Covid patients have persistent health concerns
Nearly a quarter of people who have contracted Covid-19 face health problems a month or more later that they did not experience before their infection, according to a large study by Fair Health, an independent organization , having analyzed the medical data of nearly two million Americans affected by the virus.
The main problems were pain (neuralgia, muscle pain ...) for 5% of people, and difficulty in breathing, in 3.5% of cases, followed by hypertension, indisposition or great fatigue, anxiety, then bowel problems.
The coronavirus was present in the United States from December 2019
The coronavirus responsible for Covid-19 had been present in the United States since at least December 2019, weeks before the first confirmed case in January 2020, according to a new study published on Tuesday.
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Restrictions lifted in New York
More than 70% of adults in New York state have received at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine, allowing the last restrictions to be lifted, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced on Tuesday.
Republicans demand dismissal of popular White House anti-Covid adviser
Republican elected officials in the US Congress called on Tuesday to dismiss White House medical adviser Anthony Fauci, Donald Trump's pet peeve, for his management of the Covid-19 pandemic.
This text has no chance of being approved in a Congress controlled by the Democrats.
Copa America: 53 cases of Covid-19 detected
A total of 53 people have tested positive for the coronavirus among all the delegations participating in the Copa América, the Ministry of Health of Brazil, host country of the competition, informed on Tuesday.
South Africa steps up measures against third wave
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday evening stepped up measures to fight the coronavirus, extending the curfew by an hour and imposing tighter controls on the sale of alcohol, in the face of a third wave of the pandemic of Covid-19.
France: start of vaccination for adolescents
The vaccination of adolescents has been possible since Tuesday in France, with the aim of increasing the collective immunity of the French to face Covid-19 and the threat of new variants such as Delta.
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More than 3.8 million dead
The pandemic has killed more than 3,813,990 people around the world since the end of December 2019, according to a report established by AFP from official sources on Tuesday at 10:00 GMT.
After the United States, which has 600,263 dead, the countries with the highest number of deaths are Brazil (490,696), India (377,031), Mexico (230,187) and Peru (188,921).
These figures, which are based on daily reports from national health authorities, are generally underestimated.
The WHO estimates that the toll of the pandemic could be two to three times higher than that officially recorded.
