The new Corona virus steals its victims more than ten years of age, according to a new study on the extent of the devastation left by the epidemic in the body.
The study, which was carried out by researchers from the University of Glasgow and whose data was quoted by the British newspaper "Mirror", sounded the alarm of underestimating the seriousness of the virus and what it does in the body.
The American channel Al-Hurra reported that the study says that although most of those currently dying with the virus are the elderly and those who suffer from other diseases, the virus may lead to reducing the life of those who recovered by ten years, according to analyzes.
The newspaper said the study was published in the "Wellcome Open Research" magazine, but has not yet been reviewed by other scholars. It is based on data from Italy, which has suffered more deaths from the virus than any other European country, as 25,085 people have lost their lives.
The information has been modified to take into account chronic conditions, then compare them to the tables of life for the World Health Organization, a large health database in the United Kingdom and other data.
This model was used to estimate how long those who died from the virus were expected to live.
This provides a "more realistic measure" of the effect of the virus, said the research team, from the University of Glasgow's Institute of Health and Welfare.
The study called on public health agencies and governments to report on the health protection system, and to ideally adapt to long-term effects, to allow the public and policy makers to better understand the burden of this disease.