To date, over 770 million confirmed cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections and approximately 6.9 million deaths related to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have been globally recorded (https://covid19.who.int/). The concern for global health security has been mainly driven by both short-term and long-term severe complications of infection, including cardiovascular manifestations, respiratory failure, and post-intensive care syndrome (a spectrum of psychiatric, cognitive, and/or physical disability; https://bestpractice.bmj.com/topics/en-us/3000168/complications).
