On top of this a growing body of research is now suggesting coronavirus could be a trigger for diabetes.
In the early months of the pandemic, doctors in China and Italy suggested a link between new cases of diabetes and COVID-19. A study In November last year found over 14 per cent of people who became severely ill with coronavirus went on to develop diabetes.
There was also a case of an 18-year-old student in Germany who was asymptomatic while infected with coronavirus, but who began to feel listless a month later. More here: