Covid-19: men twice as likely to end up in intensive care than women

Healthcare workers wearing protective suits get ready to attend to a Covid-19 coronavirus patient at the Intensive Unit Care (ICU) of the Vall d'Hebron Hospital in Barcelona on April 6, 2020. PHOTO | FILE | AFP

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The results matched up with reports from other countries that a greater number of men had been admitted to ICU with confirmed Covid-19 than women.

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