COVID-19

How does the coronavirus make people ill?

It is more than eight months since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global health emergency, but the number of questions on the nature of the virus, its effects and potential treatments continues to rise.

One of the key ones is how and why people are getting ill. At a recent online Q&A session the World Health Organization executive director Mike Ryan explained the impact of the virus on our immune systems in simple terms.

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