In the UK, 60,000 people have reported coronavirus symptoms that last more than three months. Artist Monique Jackson is one of them. What do we know about long covid, and how is the COVID Symptom Study app helping us fill in the blanks?

Guests:

Monique Jackson, artist with long tail covid.

Prof Tim Spector, professor of genetic epidemiology at King’s College London, co founder of ZOE Covid Symptom Study app.

Host: Manveen Rana. With reporting from Asya Fouks.

You can download the ZOE Covid Symptom Study app here.

And you can follow Monique Jackson’s Corona diary on Instagram.

Additional Music: Broke for Free and Chris Zabriskie (licensed under Creative Commons).

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