Living with ‘long Covid’


Worrying after-effects: According to the CDC, even people who did not have Covid-19 symptoms in the days or weeks after they were infected can still have post-Covid conditions. — Filepic/The Star

WEEKS following the end of his quarantine, a twenty-five-year-old lawyer who only wishes to be known as Syamil is still struggling with the after-effects of Covid-19. It has taken such a toll on his health that Syamil has resigned from work to focus on recovery.

During his battle with category 2 Covid-19, Syamil experienced breathing difficulties, low oxygen, diarrhoea, loss of smell and a sore throat. Although he has recovered from the initial infection and is no longer contagious, Syamil is still struggling with shortness of breath and a high heart rate.

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