News > Influenza symptoms can linger like long Covid

Influenza symptoms can linger like long Covid

A research, published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal, compared the viruses that cause COVID-19 and the flu. It shows that in the 18 months after infection, patients hospitalised for either COVID-19 or seasonal influenza faced an increased risk of death, hospital readmission, and health problems in many organ systems, especially involving their lungs and airways, much like the effects of long-term COVID-19.