Fauci urges US to resume long Covid research funding efforts

Top disease expert warns against prematurely declaring victory over pandemic in interview with the Guardian

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Dr Anthony Fauci, America's top infectious disease expert, has warned against prematurely declaring victory over the pandemic, not only due to short-term needs but because long Covid represents an insidious" public health emergency for millions of people.

In an interview with the Guardian, Fauci urged the US Congress not to be complacent and to resume funding efforts to combat the virus, including the scourge of long Covid, which remains scientifically elusive but understood to hit women and people of colour especially hard.