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Jun 2022
27m 11s

Living with long Covid

The Guardian
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With no restrictions in place and a successful vaccine rollout in the UK, it is tempting to think that the threat to health from coronavirus is passing. But millions are struggling with long Covid, says Linda Geddes. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
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