Statement – 36 million people across the European Region may have developed long COVID over the first 3 years of the pandemic - ISS-G20 Laboratorium Repository

This summer will be the first in more than 3 years that many of us will enjoy without the looming threat of COVID-19.

Whilst it may not be a global public health emergency, COVID-19 has not gone away. 

Close to 1000 new COVID-19 deaths continue to occur across the Region every week, and this is an underestimate due to a drop in countries regularly reporting COVID-19 deaths to WHO. 

And it continues to disproportionately affect the weakest and the most vulnerable. 

COVID-19 exploited an epidemic of diseases, including cancers, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and chronic lung illnesses, which account for 75% of mortality in our region today. Those with such underlying conditions were, and still are, far more vulnerable to severe forms of COVID-19.

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