Long-term effects of COVID-19 defined as ‘Long Covid’ –by DR Harold Gunatillake A situation where people contracting COVID has ongoing symptoms 4 weeks or more after the start of acute COVID-19. This is a story of living with Long-COVID, creating significant pressures of persons and their families A growing number of people who recover from COVID-19 are experiencing long-term health problems. This includes younger patients without pre-existing conditions who had only mild symptoms with the virus. The prevalence of this “long Covid’ is a drawn-out form of the disease, which lasts for months or years. It is now called post-covid syndrome. Majority of the unvaccinated people who contract COVID-19 recover with minimal side effects, recovering fast, but a significant number have had long-term problems after recovering from the original infection, even if they were not ill at the onset. Recovery time varies, but in the majority resolves within 12 ...