Victor Goh, 29, is among those suffering with prolonged symptoms even after he recovered from Covid-19 after getting infected earlier this year. CLICK TO ENLARGE“After recovery, lethargy is definitely one thing I experienced, but perhaps what was more of a pain is insomnia. Recently, a Health Ministry study revealed that about 66% of 1,004 Covid-19 patients of Category 4 and 5 suffer from post-Covid syndrome or “long Covid”. Long Covid refers to prolonged symptoms which persist for more than 12 weeks from the start of the illness. General practitioner Dr Lee Chee Wan said long Covid syndrome is likely to be a huge problem in the future.

Source: The Star June 13, 2021 23:15 UTC