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Drugmakers, scientists begin the hunt for long Covid treatments

A patient suffering from Long COVID is examined in the post-coronavirus disease (COVID-19) clinic of Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv, Israel, February 21, 2022. [Reuters]

After producing vaccines and treatments for acute Covid-19 in record time, researchers and drugmakers are turning to finding a cure for long Covid, a more elusive target marked by hundreds of different symptoms afflicting millions of people.

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