Publication date: Oct 17, 2024

She said:”Our systematic review and meta-analysis demonstrated that there is a significantly higher risk of adverse COVID-19 outcomes for people living with multiple long-term conditions, compared with those without. When children were assessed separately the risk for mortality among those with multiple long-term conditions increased to almost three times (2. 8) the risk of those without. Furthermore, relative to those without pre-existing long-term conditions, children and young people with multiple long-term conditions experienced more adverse COVID-19 outcomes. Individuals with multiple long-term conditions are two and a half times more likely to die following COVID-19 infection than others. The review synthesized evidence from 111 observational studies of patients with confirmed COVID-19 published between January 2020 and May 2023.

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