One in five Brazilians who had COVID‑19 reports lingering symptoms
A study carried out by the Ministry of Health shows that 18.9 percent of Brazilians who have been infected with COVID-19 report persistent symptoms of the disease—including fatigue, memory loss, anxiety, difficulty concentrating, joint pain, and hair loss. Post-COVID symptoms appear more frequently among women and indigenous people.The study is entitled Epicovid 2.0: Inquérito nacional para avaliação da real dimensão da pandemia de Covid-19 no Brasil (“Epicovid 2.0: National survey to assess the real scale of the Covid-19 pandemic in Brazil”) and was released Wednesday (Dec. 18). It shows that over 28 percent of Brazilians—60 million people—reports having been infected by the disease.The vaccineOf all respondents, 90.2 percent had received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, w...