Depression and Anxiety May Be Risk Factors for Severe Covid-19

Medical comorbidities include mental health disorders

Shin Jie Yong, MSc (Res)
Elemental
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5 min readNov 5, 2020

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As of today, there have been 40 million cases of and 1 million deaths from Covid-19 worldwide. The combination of a growing aging population, a highly contagious virus, international travel, indoor crowding, socioeconomic inequities, and increasing prevalence of…

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Shin Jie Yong, MSc (Res)
Elemental

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