10 Mar 2022

More awareness needed about long covid - Immunologist

From Morning Report, 8:25 am on 10 March 2022

An Auckland medical specialist says a greater awareness is needed about the condition known as Long Covid.

Dr Anna Brookes is a senior lecturer and cellular immunologist at Auckland University.

She said Long Covid was serious and could develop even from mild Covid, with symptoms including breathlessness, fatigue or a racing heart.

Dr Brookes spoke to Philippa Tolley.