Long COVID hits women harder than men, study finds

The prospective cohort data show only a minority of hospitalised patients of either sex recover fully in the short term
Locked down older patients

Women hospitalised with COVID-19 are almost 40% more likely than men to have ongoing symptoms after six months, according to a major study.

The UK Post-Hospitalisation COVID-19 (PHOSP-COVID) study, which followed more than 1000 patients, found that only 29% described themselves as fully recovered after six months.