One in 10 recovered Covid-19 patients in Singapore suffers persistent symptoms six months after infection


Patients continued to experience symptoms, most commonly a lingering cough and shortness of breath. - The Straits Times/ANN

SINGAPORE, July 10 (The Straits Times/ANN): One in 10 recovered Covid-19 patients had persistent symptoms six months after their initial infection, a study led by the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID) has found.

In this condition known as "long Covid", they continued to experience symptoms, most commonly a lingering cough and shortness of breath, long after recovering from Covid-19.

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