Could you be at risk of long Covid?
Scientists are piecing together why some people experience long-lasting symptoms
05 January 2021 - 10:08
For most people, infection with SARS-CoV-2 — the virus that causes Covid-19 — leads to mild, short-term symptoms, acute respiratory illness, or possibly no symptoms at all. But some people have long-lasting symptoms after their infection — this has been dubbed “long Covid”.
Scientists are still researching long Covid. It’s not well understood, though our knowledge about it is growing. Here I take a look at what we’ve learnt about it so far — who is at risk, how common it is and what its effects are...
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