BEIJING : Ninety per cent of a sample group of coronavirus-recovered patients from a prominent hospital in China's Wuhan city where the pandemic broke out have reported lung damage and 5% of them are again in quarantine after testing positive for the virus, according to a media report on Wednesday.A team at the Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University led by Peng Zhiyong, director of the hospital's Intensive Care Unit, has been conducting follow-up visits with '100 recovered patients' since April.The first phase of this one-year programme finished in July.
The average age of the patients in the study is 59.According to the first phase results, 90% of the patients' lungs are still in a damaged state, which means their lungs ventilation and gas.