The impact of long Covid needs urgent action – and there are five key elements to drive the effort forward, writes the WHO director general
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Crushing fatigue. Brain fog making straightforward tasks almost impossible. Shortness of breath walking up the stairs.
Just some of the many symptoms people with long Covid (post-Covid-19 condition) have experienced according to patient groups, researchers and clinicians the World Health Organization (WHO) has worked with since cases of prolonged suffering from Covid-19 started to be recognised in mid-2020.
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is director general of the World Health Organization
