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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Melissa Davey

Long Covid: what we know about it and how best to treat it

Long Covid symptoms can include fatigue.
Long Covid symptoms can include fatigue. Photograph: John Fedele/Getty Images/Tetra images RF

Much has been written about long Covid. Sufferers describe troubling ongoing symptoms on social media that persist for weeks after infection. Meanwhile, research to find a cause continues and multiple theories have emerged.

So what do we now know about long Covid, the risk of getting it and how best to treat it? Guardian Australia spoke to the leading physicians working with long Covid patients, including in long Covid and post-Covid clinics, to better understand the latest evidence.

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