South Africa: People Living With Diabetes Could Develop 'Severe' COVID-19

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Evidence slowly emerging in South Africa suggests that people living with diabetes (PLWD), as well as those with an elevated body mass index (BMI), are likely to experience a more "severe and complicated" course of COVID-19.

This according to Associate Professor Joel Dave, head of the Division of Endocrinology at the University of Cape Town's (UCT) Department of Medicine.

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