Long Covid is a real and pressing concern, warns US National Institutes of Health director
From CNN s Naomi Thomas
Dr. Francis Collins, director of the US National Institutes of Health, has highlighted the need to understand more about lingering Covid-19 symptoms, and encouraged people to participate in a survey about the experience.
Over 400,000 Americans have lost their lives to Covid-19, Collins wrote in a blog post, “but thousands of others who’ve gotten sick and survived Covid-19 are finding that a full recovery can be surprisingly elusive.”
He described emerging “Long Covid syndrome” as a “real and pressing” public health concern.