‘Long Covid’ Fears Grow in U.K. as Curbs End and Delta Surges

  • U.K. funding of $27.5 million to analyze lingering symptoms
  • ‘Freedom Day’ raises alarm among scientists, patients

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For about 1 million people across the U.K. Covid-19 didn’t just go away. Instead it lingered, causing exhaustion, shortness of breath, cognitive issues and other health problems.