Smokers infected with Covid-19 at greater risk of severe symptoms

The post explained that smokers may develop severe symptoms because Covid-19 is a respiratory disease and the lungs of smokers are not in a healthy condition.

"It is estimated that more men than women died during the first Covid-19 wave in China, as Chinese men smoke heavily," the page said.

The page said Covid-19 patients who smoke can develop blood clots, adding that more of them were being treated in ICU rooms.

"Therefore, Covid-19 patients who are smokers are considered at risk of developing severe symptoms, similar to those who have obesity, diabetes and other respiratory diseases," the page added.