May 10 (Reuters) - Non-hospitalised COVID-19 patients have a
low risk of serious long-term effects, but they report more
visits to general practitioners following infection, according
to a study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal https://bit.ly/3ogGGQ1.
"The absolute risk of severe post-acute complications after
SARS-CoV-2 infection not requiring hospital admission is low.
However, increases in visits to general practitioners and
outpatient hospital visits could indicate COVID-19 sequelae,"
the study found.
It was a population-based cohort study using the Danish
prescription, patient and health insurance registries.
(Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Bengaluru; Editing by Leslie
Adler)