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Covid: Younger adults at risk of organ damage

A new study has found younger adults admitted to hospital with Covid-19 may suffer similar complications as to those over 50 year old. 

The research, conducted by 7 different universities, the Department of Health and Social Care and Public Health England found that around half of all adult patients in hospital with Covid-19 suffered a least one complication.

Professor Calum Semple who led the work has said, "The message is that this is not just a disease of the elderly and frail".

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Source: BBC News, 16 July 2021

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