A Chinese study published last month in The Lancet showed that in some cases, long Covid can last for more than a year. “From our preliminary findings on long Covid among 525 respondents from the community setting, 46.7% and 20.6% of them experience post-Covid symptoms up to 12 weeks and more than three months, respectively,” says Prof Moy, whose research defines long Covid as symptoms which persist more than three months post recovery. The study also found that there is no difference in the proportions of long Covid among the different age groups. In Malaysia, some public hospitals such as University Malaya Medical Centre and Sungai Buloh Hospital provide dedicated Long Covid clinics. For the long term, there are a number of policies that can be introduced here in Malaysia to assist those struggling with long Covid.

Source: The Star September 05, 2021 00:45 UTC