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Complications after coronavirus are twice the number compared to flu — health minister

Mikhail Murashko noted that the most frequent complaints are the exacerbation of chronic diseases in patients with cardiovascular disease, and chronic lung disease among others

MOSCOW, June 23./TASS/. The number of complications after the coronavirus infection is twice the number of complications after the flu, Russian Minister of Health Mikhail Murashko said on Wednesday.

"The number of complications is actually twice as high compared with seasonal flu," Murashko told a government session chaired by President Vladimir Putin. 

He noted that the most frequent complaints are the exacerbation of chronic diseases in patients with cardiovascular disease, and chronic lung disease among others.