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OMS reconoce existencia de covid-19 persistente: hay personas que viven semanas o meses con síntomas

Diferentes grupos de investigación y personas en el mundo ya habían advertido que en cerca del 5% de los contagiados, las manifestaciones pueden prolongarse de diversas maneras

This handout picture taken and released by the World Health Organization on October 5, 2020 shows World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (2nd L) WHO Health Emergencies Programme head Michael Ryan (2nd R) and WHO Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan (Far R) standing for a minute of silence during an executive board special session on the Covid-19 response at the WHO headquarters in Geneva. - The WHO estimated Monday that 10 percent of the world has been infected by the new coronavirus -- way more than has been recorded -- as it mulled speeding up internal reforms. (Photo by Christopher Black / World Health Organization / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION / CHRISTOPHER BLACK" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
This handout picture taken and released by the World Health Organization on October 5, 2020 shows World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (2nd L) WHO Health Emergencies Programme head Michael Ryan (2nd R) and WHO Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan (Far R) standing for a minute of silence during an executive board special session on the Covid-19 response at the WHO headquarters in Geneva. - The WHO estimated Monday that 10 percent of the world has been infected by the new coronavirus -- way more than has been recorded -- as it mulled speeding up internal reforms. (Photo by Christopher Black / World Health Organization / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION / CHRISTOPHER BLACK" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS CHRISTOPHER BLACK
La Organización Mundial de la Salud reconoció la mañana de este viernes que hay personas que experimentan síntomas de la covid-19 durante semanas y meses aún cuando ya fueron declaradas con recuperadas. Fotografía: AFP (CHRISTOPHER BLACK/AFP)

“Aunque aún estamos aprendiendo sobre el virus, lo que está claro es que este no es solo un virus que mata gente. Para un número significativo de personas, este virus pone una serie muy amplia de efectos serios a largo plazo”.

Así, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) reconoció de forma categórica, por primera vez, la existencia de la covid-19 persistente.

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