Study: COVID-19 symptoms can last up to 6 months

The Lancet Medical Journal, recently published a study which found that 76 percent, of hospitalised COVID-19 patients, experienced lingering

symptoms, like shortness of breath and a lack of taste and smell, even six months after being infected with the virus.

The acting executive director at the National Institute, for Communicable Diseases,

Professor Adrian Puren, joined us to explain this in more detail.