Participants in UK coronavirus study could be monitored for up to 25 years

Experts say programme could follow participants for decades to look at long-term effects

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Participants in a study to understand the long-term and often unexpected effects of Covid-19 could be monitored for up to 25 years, researchers have said.

As coronavirus swept the world, reports began to grow of people experiencing long-lasting symptoms including fatigue, breathlessness, coughs and chest pains - even for mild cases of the disease.