Sri Lanka, March 25 -- Researchers say that smoking, drinking and general poor health could be some factors that could explain why more men seem to be dying from coronavirus than women according to reports published by CNN.

Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House's coronavirus response coordinator, commenting at a White House press briefing stated that they were seeing another concerning trend from Italy, where the mortality in males seems to be twice in every age group of females.

In Italy, men represent more than 70% of those who have died, according to the country's National Health Institute, reported on international media.

Even in South Korea, where the proportion of women who have tested positive for the virus is higher than that of me...