An-Najah News - Nablus - A new study revealed that the risk of death from the corona virus is 80% higher if you suffer from one basic health problem.

Researchers from corona's China medical treatment experts group analyzed data from about 1,600 patients in China.

Scientists have identified cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) as the most common medical condition present, at risk of infection with the deadly virus.

According to a research’s results, 16% of patients ended up with severe COVID-19 symptoms, while 8.2% were put either intensive care, ventilation, or died.

This comes when researchers found that almost all deaths from the corona virus in Italy were patients with a pre-existing medical condition.