Italians Report COVID-19 Recovery Can Take Months

Domenico di Massa and Mariantonia Gangemi embrace their granddaughter Cecilia for the first time in two months after Italy allowed families to see each other again as the country begins a staged end to a nationwide lockdown due to a spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Rome, Italy, May 4, 2020. Yara Nardi/Reuters

Recovery from the CCP virus can take months, Italian COVID-19 patients and doctors have said as the country is starting to ease limitations.

Patients and doctors told the New York Times that shortness of breath, fevers, and fatigue can last for weeks or months even after they test negative for the virus.