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Unravelling the LONG COVID mystery

When Lena Stewart tested positive for Covid, she wasn’t overly concerned. Having been sick the week before, she initially thought she might be on the tail end of the infection. Eight days later, Lena went downhill. “It was so, so bad… really bad,” says Lena. “Someone from Healthline rang to check up on me, and I said, ‘I can’t move from my bedroom to my bathroom because I’m not able to get a decent breath of air into my lungs. I’m not sleeping properly because of not being able to breathe.’”

Lena was taken to the hospital by ambulance, receiving antibiotics and fluids. It was five weeks before she

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