New study finds about 30 pct of COVID-19 patients develop "Long COVID"


LOS ANGELES, April 20 (Xinhua) -- About 30 percent of people treated for COVID-19 developed Post Acute Sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC), most commonly known as "Long COVID", according to a new study of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

The UCLA researchers studied 1,038 people who were enrolled in the UCLA COVID Ambulatory Program between April 2020 and February 2021.

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