[Translated from Greek]

More than half of patients with long Covid suffer from organ damage a year after the initial symptoms, new research suggests.

Even those who were not seriously ill when diagnosed with the virus report problems, with extreme difficulty breathing and cognitive impairment among the persistent symptoms.

The study, the results of which were published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, involved 536 people.

Six months after their initial diagnosis with coronavirus, the patients underwent an MRI scan which revealed ongoing health problems, with 62% of participants suffering from organ damage.