Millions to Be Spent on Long COVID Study

Millions to Be Spent on Long COVID Study
Medics take a patient from an ambulance into the Royal London Hospital in London on Jan. 19, 2021. Tolga Akmen /AFP via Getty Images
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Research into long COVID will get a significant boost from Australia following the federal government’s announcement it will provide $50 million (US$33.5 million) from the Medical Research Future Fund towards the study of the disease.

This comes after a national inquiry into the condition called for the establishment of a nationally coordinated research program for long COVID and COVID-19.

Victoria Kelly-Clark
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Victoria Kelly-Clark is an Australian based reporter who focuses on national politics and the geopolitical environment in the Asia-pacific region, the Middle East and Central Asia.
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