12 August 2020

We Need to Take Care of the Growing Number of Long-term COVID-19 Patients

Thousands of people across Europe and the U.S. with COVID-19 have followed this third trajectory. Some patients have symptoms for 16 weeks or more, a condition that’s been called “long COVID” (such patients sometimes call themselves “long haulers”).

Gavin Yamey is a physician and professor of global health and public policy at Duke University, where he directs the Center for Policy Impact in Global Health.

Dr Sharon Taylor is a physician, educator, and Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist with Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust and Imperial College School of Medicine, London, United Kingdom.

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