Biden launches US plan to help Americans struggling with long Covid

President Joe Biden on Tuesday tasked the US health department with developing a national action plan to tackle the looming health crisis of long Covid, a complex, multi-symptom condition that leaves many of its sufferers unable to work.

Long Covid, which arises months after a Covid-19 infection, affects nearly seven percent of all US adults and 2.3 percent of the overall population and has cost an estimated US$386 billion in lost wages, savings and medical bills, according to an analysis by the Solve Long Covid Initiative, a non-profit research and advocacy group.

More than 200 symptoms - many lasting for months - have been...