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The vast majority of people with coronavirus survive. But they might face a lengthy recovery.

“It takes anything up to six weeks to recover from this disease,” said Dr. Michael Ryan of the World Health Organization. “People who suffer very severe illness can take months to recover from the illness.”

Recovery is often marked by a patient no longer showing symptoms and having two consecutive negative tests at least one day apart, Ryan said. But there is no known cure for the novel coronavirus.

Source: You asked, we’re answering: Your top coronavirus questions — CNN