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For some COVID-19 patients, the initial illness isn't nearly as bad as the persistent and sometimes disabling symptoms that linger for months or years afterward. These are the people with long COVID, a complex chronic illness that can afflict without regard for age, sex, vaccination status or medical history.

Scores of mainland Chinese travellers are rushing to Hong Kong to receive mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, which are not available on the Chinese mainland, as the country grapples with a torrent of infections which have overwhelmed its health system.

Some 2.1 million people in the UK are suffering from long Covid

Fatigue, difficulty concentrating, shortness of breath and muscle aches are common symptoms of long Covid

This is a rare bit of encouraging news about what has thus far remained a mysterious, scary and debilitating condition for millions.

Israeli researchers conclude that 'mild disease does not lead to serious or chronic long-term morbidity'

Paris (AFP) - Most symptoms from long Covid clear up within a year for people who had mild initial infections, a large Israel study said Thursday, with the findings welcomed as "reassuring".

Some 2.1 million people in the UK are suffering from long Covid.

Two new strains of virus tipped to dominate new cases throughout the country