Vaccination against COVID-19 can reduce the severity and duration of COVID

Published Date: 02 Mar 2023

Vaccination against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can reduce the severity and duration of COVID in people who have persistent symptoms after infection, he said.

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