Africa: The Covid Pandemic Panic May Be Over, But Long Covid Lingers

Africa: The Covid Pandemic Panic May Be Over, But Long Covid Lingers

The global impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) extends beyond the acute phase of infection, presenting ongoing challenges for public health and clinical management. Some people continue to suffer health complications long after recovering from Covid-19, yet the reasons why some develop Long Covid while others do not remain unclear, even five years post-pandemic. Long…

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Africa: How Conspiracy Theories About Covid’s Origins Are Hampering Our Ability to Prevent the Next Pandemic

Africa: How Conspiracy Theories About Covid’s Origins Are Hampering Our Ability to Prevent the Next Pandemic

In late June, the Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO), a group of independent experts convened by the World Health Organization (WHO), published an assessment of the origins of COVID. The report concluded that although we don’t know conclusively where the virus that caused the pandemic came from: a zoonotic origin…

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