Nina Smyth

Oct 8, 2024 | bjgp.org | Nina Smyth |Damien Ridge |Tom Kingstone |Dipesh P. Gopal

ethnic minoritieslong COVIDprimary health careIntroductionLong COVID, the patient-preferred term,1 is the experience of persistent symptoms for ≥ 12 weeks following a COVID-19 infection. In early 2023, long COVID was estimated to affect 1.9 million adults in the UK,2 and an estimated 200 million people were thought to be affected globally in 2019.3 The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)4 uses the term ‘post-acute COVID-19 syndrome’.