The novel coronavirus has originated from the Wuhan province of China has spread to 200 nations leaving more than 18 lakhs infected with the virus and reporting 1,14,000 deaths worldwide so far.
Amid this tense situation, a new study carried out by the World Health Organisations(WHO) has come up with a finding that the smokers are more tend to get infected with the deadly virus compared to the non-smokers.
The WHO went on to say that at the time of smoking, cigarette smoke accumulates abnormally large numbers of ACE2 receptors, which may leave the organ vulnerable to damage inflicted by the coronavirus.
"It has been reported that smokers who get COVID-19 tend to have more severe infections than individuals who aren't smokers," co-author of the study Jason Sheltzer said.
Going by the information provided by the study out of the 82,052 positive cases in China around 95% are smokers inculcation fear in smokers. In Italy, a major portion of the positive cases is active smokers.
Amid this tense situation, a new study carried out by the World Health Organisations(WHO) has come up with a finding that the smokers are more tend to get infected with the deadly virus compared to the non-smokers.
The WHO went on to say that at the time of smoking, cigarette smoke accumulates abnormally large numbers of ACE2 receptors, which may leave the organ vulnerable to damage inflicted by the coronavirus.
"It has been reported that smokers who get COVID-19 tend to have more severe infections than individuals who aren't smokers," co-author of the study Jason Sheltzer said.
Going by the information provided by the study out of the 82,052 positive cases in China around 95% are smokers inculcation fear in smokers. In Italy, a major portion of the positive cases is active smokers.