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As memories of the Covid pandemic fade, many patients continue to wrestle with its aftermath. There are still many unknowns about long Covid, but new research has identified eight different ways people experience symptoms.

Long Covid is a chronic condition that involves a range of symptoms that persist for at least three months after having Covid-19 , the infection caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

Millions of people around the world have long Covid, with global estimates indicating that six per cent of cases will go on to develop it.

Now, a new paper has found 10 per cent of Covid patients in the US had symptoms consistent with long Covid three months after infection, with 81 per cent of those continuing to experience symptoms a year later.

The research, which looked

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