Since the first reported cases with severe acute respiratory syndrome caused by a novel
coronavirus (SARS-CoV2), this disease called coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has …

The COVID-19 pandemic struck like a lightning on a clear sunny day. When reports surfaced
on the probability of a new pandemic in the first two months of 2020, the public felt no need …

In December 2019 a cluster of pneumonia caused by a previous unknown coronavirus,
SARS-CoV-2, was identified in Wuhan, China. 1 SARS-CoV-2 belongs to the subgenus of …

Objective: We aim to investigate the clinical characteristics and risk factors for the severe
cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in comparison with the non-severe patients …

Within a very short period, Italy was hit by an urgent health crisis followed by a relentless
number of deaths. State health officials and policy makers have been making extraordinary …

Long COVID is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a condition that occurs
in individuals with a history of probable or confirmed severe acute respiratory syndrome …

Within the past several decades, the emergence of new viral diseases with severe health
complications and mortality is evidence of an age-dependent, compromised bodily response …

Extract Increased age is a strong risk factor for mortality in patients with coronavirus disease
2019 (COVID-19)[1, 2]. Risk of death increases 1.5 times for every 10 years [1]. Among the …

Abstract SARS-CoV-2 virus, the causative agent of the coronavirus infectious disease-19
(COVID-19), is taking the globe by storm, approaching 500,000 confirmed cases and over …

The impact of COVID-19 varies by age group, and it has become clear that individuals over
65 years are disproportionately impacted by COVID-19 both in terms of severity of illness …