One problem is that patients who have mild COVID-19 at home often do not notice when their illness turns into sepsis.

Sepsis is always an emergency. This means it's important to recognize the symptoms of sepsis early on.

If someone with COVID-19 suddenly feels very ill and has chills, fever, a fast pulse rate and confusion, they should go straight to hospital or call the emergency service.

Further information about sepsis is available from Deutschland erkennt Sepsis, an initiative of the patient safety alliance APS.

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