03 May 2021 - 8:38
By Fazeena Saleem | The Peninsula
Doha: As the number of positive COVID-19 cases are on decline in the country, some physicians at Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) have shared messages expressing hope and resilience.
In a series of video messages released in different languages, physicians have said that for more than a year now, the pandemic has tested the patience and resolve of people, but hope has been evoked with vaccination against COVID-19 and precautionary measures in place.
The messages published on HMC’s and Ministry of Public Health’s (MoPH) Twitter accounts convey, “With hope and resilience, we will win this battle together sooner rather than later.”
More than a year since the world has been facing the COVID-19 pandemic and there’s still a lot that seems yet to be discovered.
What is now better known, however, is that the COVID-19 virus can affect each person differently with some experiencing mild symptoms while others may undergo some severe ones.
Even when a person has recovered from the virus, some of its long-term symptoms may still stay with patients for a while.
This was highlighted in a post on the Ministry of Public Health’s (MoPH) Twitter page.
Medical Director of Hamad General Hospital, Dr Yousef Al Maslamani explained that some long-term effects can impact people’s health for many weeks or months.