Long Covid Eases With Time, But Disables Millions, Study Shows

Long Covid eases with time, according to a study that found about 1% of coronavirus patients had persistent symptoms for a year or more.

In the first rigorous assessment of the magnitude of long Covid on a global scale, researchers found 6.2% of people who had Covid-19 in the pandemic’s first two years experienced at least one of three main groups of symptoms three months later. Of those patients, 15% were still afflicted after a year, they found.

Although the probability of having chronic health problems from Covid is relatively low, the vast number of cases -- at least 670 ...