NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 19: People wearing masks are seen through a crowd of people walking on March 19, 2021 in New York City.
After undergoing various shutdown orders for the past 12 months the city is currently in phase 4 of its reopening plan, A new study found slow walkers have a much higher risk of contracting severe COVID-19 and of dying from the virus, regardless of weight.
Health researchers in the UK looked at the body mass index and self-reported walking pace of more than 412,000 middle-aged people alongside their projected risk of contracting severe COVID-19.
Researchers from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) found that slow walkers are almost four times more likely.