Karnataka to study long term effects of COVID-19 in those recovered

The Karnataka government on Sunday announced that it will form a high-level technical committee of medical experts to study the long-term effects of COVID-19 among those who have recovered from the illness and tested negative for the virus.

In a tweet, State Medical Education Minister Dr. K Sudhakar said, “Karnataka will constitute a special technical committee of medical experts to study the long term effects of COVID-19 in patients who have recovered from the infection.”

The panel will evaluate those who had mild and severe symptoms, especially people with comorbidity.

New strategies would be drawn up for clinical care to ensure that those who recovered from the viral infection do not develop any health complications in the future, the Minister noted.

Source: NM