WHO deeply concerned by long COVID-19
GENEVA: With nearly 200 million people known to have had COVID-19, the WHO said on Wednesday (Aug 4) it was deeply concerned by the unknown numbers who may still be suffering with long COVID-19.
The World Health Organization urged people struggling with the after-effects of the virus - despite having recovered from the acute phase - to seek medical help.
Long COVID-19 remains one of the most mysterious aspects of the pandemic.
"This post-COVID syndrome, or long COVID, is something that WHO is deeply concerned about," Maria Van Kerkhove, the UN health agency's COVID-19 technical lead, told a press conference.
The WHO was "making sure that we have recognition of this, because this is real".
She said of those infected with SARS-CoV-2 - the virus which causes COVID-19 disease - "many are suffering from long term effects".
"We don't know for how long these effects last and we're even working on a case definition to better understand and describe what this post-COVID syndrome is," said Van Kerkhove.
She said the WHO was working to have better rehabilitation programmes for long COVID-19 sufferers plus broader research to gain a better understanding of what the syndrome is and how it can be managed.
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