UNPICKING the long Covid mystery
For those who’ve been struggling with ongoing life-changing effects of Covid-19, in the form of long Covid, recent news from the World Health Organisation will come as a relief: the condition now has a formal definition. For the past two years, sufferers – whose symptoms can include extreme lethargy, breathing problems, gastrointestinal issues, brain fog and more – have often struggled to have their illness recognised by medical professionals.
Dr Stephen Ritchie, infectious diseases specialist at the University of Auckland,
