Long-hauler

• COVID-19 survivors praise VIDO-InterVac research on long COVID

  Dr. Alyson Kelvin with VIDO-Intervac said if health care experts can understand people's experiences with long covid, support services and treatments may be developed locally.

  Health

  Feb 13, 2022
  
• Symptoms of COVID-19 infection continue to haunt Manitoba family

  After almost losing his life to COVID-19, 35-year-old Kris Isford says life is anything but back to normal now, many months later. 

  Health

  Sep 9, 2021
  
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• Canadians with long COVID: Sick and, increasingly, worried they’ll go broke

  Many of Canada's COVID long-haulers say they're falling through the cracks of both private workplace insurance benefits and government income supports.

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  Jul 10, 2021
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• COVID-19 ‘long-hauler’ shares her story one year after New Brunswick’s first case

  Nearly one year after being on a ventilator in hospital after her COVID-19 diagnosis, Debby Clements is still experiencing many side effects.

  Health

  Mar 11, 2021
• On East Coast, exhausted COVID-19 ‘long haulers’ hope specialized clinics will emerge

  The issue of a lack of timely treatment for the so-called "long haulers" has been raised across the country by support groups.

  Health

  Feb 28, 2021
• ‘I’m scared’: Toronto COVID-19 survivor who defied odds updates recovery, expresses fear

  Mario Castillo Tamayo was attached to a ventilator for around nine weeks, his oxygen levels so low, doctors did not expect he would survive.

  Health

  Jan 26, 2021
• ‘A shadow of what I was’: COVID-19 ‘long-haulers’ shed light on brain-related symptoms

  As Canada’s coronavirus case count surpasses 300,000, a number of people are reporting what’s believed to be adverse effects on the brain due to COVID-19.

  Health

  Nov 16, 2020
• Ontario man who’s suffered months of COVID-19 symptoms: ‘I don’t even feel like I’m in my own body’

  Since an Innisfil, Ont., man became infected with COVID-19 in June, his and his family's lives have been turned upside down.

  Health

  Oct 8, 2020
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• ‘I’ve progressed very, very slowly’: B.C. COVID-19 ‘long-hauler’ shares recovery story

  "I'm probably at 50 per cent of my capacity to handle daily activities, stress. I don't think I would be able to handle the demands of my work without keeling over."

  Health

  Sep 6, 2020