The professor called the period of recovery of respiratory function after COVID-19

“Now international recommendations say that it is necessary to restore only the respiratory function for at least 12 weeks,” she said in an interview with the Izvestia newspaper.

According to Ivanova, patients with a severe form of the disease often remain dependent on oxygen.

“Even after being discharged, they are less able to tolerate stress.

These patients describe their condition as follows: “I can’t do anything, I don’t have the strength for anything,” the professor said.

In February, Tatyana Kusayko, Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Social Policy, Candidate of Medical Sciences, Honored Doctor of Russia, gave advice on rehabilitation for COVID-19 patients in an interview with FAN.