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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Donna Lu Science writer

Albanese government pledges $50m for long Covid research as inquiry calls for action

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Long Covid: parliamentary committee recommends a single Covid database, a national research program and a comprehensive summit on the pandemic. Photograph: MartinPrescott/Getty Images

The Australian government has pledged a $50m funding boost for research into long Covid, as a parliamentary inquiry called for the establishment of a single Covid-19 database and a nationally coordinated research program into the condition.

The health minister, Mark Butler, said the $50m investment, provided from the Medical Research Future Fund, was an initial response to the inquiry.

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