Severe coronavirus mortality is 1.5 times more common in men than in women. This is due to the work of testosterone.
According to Gazeta.ru, this was stated by Yelena Malinnikova, chief infectious disease specialist of the Russian Ministry of Health.
According to him, the male sex hormone accelerates the spread of the infection throughout the body.
"It is testosterone that acts as a kind of transmitter for the virus to penetrate the cell," said Malinnikova.