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The term 'Long COVID' evolved in the earliest days of the pandemic when we were reassured that despite being highly infectious, most people fully recovered from infection after about two weeks.  It was quickly apparent that people of all ages from all around the world simply didn't. Being a brand new virus that the world had never seen before, our Long COVID communities remain thankful that The World Health Organisation acknowledged these men, women and children and recognised their patient-made name way back in August 2020, a mere few months after the pandemic began. 

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Long COVID is  essentially an umbrella term which has been adopted across the world as reference to the symptoms and clinical signs that remain unresolved for 12 weeks or longer.  It can be considered from 4 weeks in the absence of any other explanation. Referred to as post acute sequelae of COVID-19 or post-COVID syndrome in the medical community, signs and symptoms can wax and wane and can also appear some time after an asymptomatic infection.