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Long COVID is on the march: can it be stopped?

Long COVID is on the march: can it be stopped?

As global cases of the coronavirus build towards 200 million, the threat of long-term medical consequences keeps extending.

A laboratory worker with a patient’s sample. A growing number of studies are researching long COVID. Bloomberg

After the world has tamed COVID-19 into an infection it can live with, there will be a long aftermath. Among the loss, the relief and the recriminations, there will be long COVID.

This post-viral syndrome has already begun and is gaining momentum as the number of people infected with COVID-19 builds towards 200 million globally.

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Jill Margo
Jill MargoSenior writerJill Margo was a senior writer at The Australian Financial Review.

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Original URL: https://www.afr.com/life-and-luxury/health-and-wellness/long-covid-is-on-the-march-can-it-be-stopped-20210729-p58e1i