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Chances of diabetic patients to get infected with Covid-19 are almost similar to normal population but the main problem is that if a diabetic patient gets infected, they would be having more severe illness as compared to a non-diabetic patient.

While the COVID-19 pandemic can affect any healthy individual, studies say those with a history of chronic illnesses like diabetes, high blood pressure, chronic kidney disease, chronic liver disease and patients on immunosuppressive drugs are in a “high-risk” category for developing the infection and develop moderate to severe symptoms.

No matter what type of diabetes one has, they would require working closely along with their doctor to keep diabetes under control. The main objective is to curb and keep the level of blood glucose within the target range. Targets vary as per the type of diabetes, age & complications if any.