Study looks at exercise in coronavirus patients

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – There’s a new study connecting your physical activity with a better chance of avoiding a potentially deadly side effect of COVID-19.

WISH-TV’s medical reporter, Dr. Mary Gillis, D. Ed., was on Daybreak Monday to discuss those findings.

A team of researchers from the University of Virginia School of Medicine published a report indicating exercise can prevent or at least reduce what’s called “Acute Respiratory Distress” syndrome in coronavirus patients.

To hear more about this study and to view the entire segment, click on the video.