illustration of a virus outside Oldham Regional Science Centre on November 24, 2020 in Oldham, United Kingdom. England is continuing its second national coronavirus lockdown. People are still permitted to exercise with one other person, takeaway food is permitted but bars and restaurants are shut for sit-in service. Schools will remain open but people are being advised to work from home where possible and only undertake necessary travel.
The researchers based in Seoul, South Korea, analyzed data from two national population-based cohort studies in Japan and Korea to delve into how Covid-19 impacts longterm risk for autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic diseases . The data belonged to more than 10 million Koreans and 12 million Japanese adults who were older than 20 years. That included patients who tested positive for Covid-19 from 2020 to 2021.
Among the South Korean participants, 3.9% of them had a history of Covid-19 and close to 1% had been diagnosed with influenza in the past. The percentage of Japanese participants who had Covid-19 was higher at 8.2% and again, close to 1% reported having a case of influenza.Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s Quad Injury Could Impact Close To Thunder’s Season
However, the researchers admitted that the study has several limitations. Their results were from a period of the Covid-19 pandemic before the Omicron variant had emerged. Also, the team highlighted that certain AIRD outcomes were uncommon and some of their estimates were “imprecise.”among people who tested positive for Covid-19 compared to those who did not get a Covid-19 diagnosis. A study published inwith study participants who got Covid-19 in 2020 reported a 42.