medications for hypertension do not increase the risk of contracting the disease Covid-19, or to develop the severe forms, conclude three studies published Friday in the New England Journal of Medicine, and that should reassure the millions of people who take.

The studies have focused on two classes of drugs, which are also given to people with diabetes. These drugs usually end in -pril, such as lisinopril, and others such as valsartan and losartan.