A leading virus expert has called for greater support for those affected by long COVID, warning those with the condition have felt abandoned by the government.
Chief executive of the Burnet Institute, Prof. Brendan Crabb, told a parliamentary inquiry that future responses in how the country deals with COVID should take into account those who have been dealing with long COVID.
Long COVID relates to patients who are still reporting symptoms or contracting new symptoms several months after their initial COVID infection.
“The ones who are suffering, we don’t know the exact numbers … but the numbers are big, and of course, they vary widely in severity,” Crabb told the inquiry on Monday….