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BBC OS: 2020/07/06 16:06 GMT: Coronavirus conversations: Long-term Covid symptoms

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Coronavirus conversations: Long-term Covid symptoms

2020/07/06 16:06 GMT

2020/07/06 16:06 GMT: Coronavirus conversations: Long-term Covid symptoms

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We hear from people with ongoing health problems after having coronavirus

We hear from people with ongoing health problems after having coronavirus.

Many Covid-19 survivors  in the UK have been getting in touch with the BBC sharing their ongoing health problems. In May, Michael and Jane Weinhaus from Missouri joined us in conversation with others who had been treated in hospital for Covid-19. We hear from them again, as they tell us how they are getting on with their recovery and the challenges they still face. 

And our medical expert today is Dr Eleanor Murray from Boston University. She explains some of the latest developments with the virus. As well as recovery, we discuss the possible risks posed by airborne transmission; and also the latest research around animal to human transmission.

We also focus on the situation in Turkmenistan. It's one of the few countries with no official cases of the coronavirus, although independent media say there has been a surge in acute pneumonia. A team from the World Health Organisation is due to visit there today.

(Photo: A member of the medical staff wearing full PPE treats a patient in the Covid-19 intensive care unit at the United Memorial Medical Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: Go Nakamura/Getty Images)

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