Suspicion grows that Covid-19 can cause diabetes – report

CORONAVIRUS | While conclusive evidence is still being sought, suspicion is growing amongst researchers that the virus which causes Covid-19 could also trigger a disease akin to Type 1 diabetes in some patients.

This comes as an increasing number of cases are being reported where otherwise healthy individuals spontaneously developed diabetes following a SARS-CoV-2 infection, according to a news report by the scientific journal Nature.