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Scientists trace COVID-19 link to diabetes

*Experts say one of the lingering effects of having COVID-19 is a higher risk of developing diabetes

Isola Moses | ÂÌñÏׯÞ

Health professionals have said it is well-established that diabetes is one of the underlying health conditions that make the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) symptoms more serious.

However, But researchers now think that one of the lingering effects of having COVID-19 is a higher risk of developing diabetes in the affected consumers.

ÂÌñÏ×ÆÞ gathered scientists are trying to determine whether the Coronavirus somehow attacks important cells in the pancreas that produce insulin.

Currently, the researchers though say the relationship is not well-understood, the idea warrants further investigation, agency report said.

Francesco Rubino, chair of metabolic surgery at King’s College London, told Yahoo News, “clearly there’s a link, there’s some sort of mechanism that makes the diseases fuel one another.

“The question is whether new-onset diabetes could be caused by this virus.”

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