A year into pandemic, long-haul COVID-19 sufferers still struggle to get care
With provincial and federal governments focused on urgent pandemic priorities such as vaccination, prevention and acute care, people suffering debilitating symptoms in the aftermath of their COVID-19 infections are left with few care options and left out of the majority of pandemic-related planning and spending, some experts say.
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'All the scary stuff came quite a while after the initial infection,' one long-haul COVID sufferer says
Posted: Apr 01, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: April 1
Before contracting COVID-19 in March 2020, Sonja Mally could hike for 10 hours. Now that she suffers debilitating symptoms as a COVID-19 'long-hauler,' she has spent months training her body to tolerate two-kilometre walks near her home. (Sam Nar/CBC)