Three clinics in Alberta focus on patients experiencing effects of COVID-19 more than three months after testing positive.

Current indications are that up to 30 per cent of patients continue to have significant problems that intrude on daily life two to three weeks after testing positive.

At St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver – Canada’s first post-COVID-19 clinic – they are trying to unravel the long-term effects of the coronavirus.

Taryn Bridges first felt sick in August. Then she tested positive for COVID-19. Now, nearly three months later, she's still feeling the effects of the disease.

A woman from a small Alberta community, who has struggled with the lingering effects of COVID-19 for months, said the social stigma has been as bad —if not worse — than the disease itself.