Former neuroscientist and respected British health and science reporter Dr David Cox has revealed an alarming potential long-term symptom of Covid-19.
Writing for The Guardian, Cox claimed coronavirus could leave patients with "lasting heart damage long after the initial symptoms had 'dissipated'".
He reported that the worrying after-effect was first noticed by Wuhan doctors in the early days of China's pandemic, who noted a significant number of coronavirus cases were admitted to intensive care wards with myocarditis, or inflammation of the heart muscle.
Cox cited several studies which showed a significant number of coronavirus patients were experiencing "cardiac injuries".