“What we are seeing now, analyzing mortality data and data after a previous illness: we see that patients who had a hard time COVID-19 disease, but got out, are undergoing rehabilitation, but many of them who suffered from chronic diseases, unfortunately, also leave from life, ”she said.
According to her, this is directly related to the influence of the coronavirus on the course of a chronic disease.
Golikova added that work is underway in Russia to provide maximum rehabilitation assistance to those who have suffered from COVID-19.
“But, unfortunately, today I am forced to state that, unfortunately, there are deaths after a person has suffered COVID-19 and recovered,” she concluded.
Earlier, the scientific director of the Mechnikov Research Institute of Vaccines and Serums, Vitaly Zverev, said that the severe form of coronavirus threatens only people with chronic diseases, circulatory and immune system disorders.
In October, the head of the therapeutic department of the Israeli Shamir Asaf A Rofe hospital, infectious disease doctor Galina Goltsman, recommended that COVID-19 patients monitor the level of oxygen saturation in their blood so as not to miss signs of severe development of the disease.