At the moment around the country, 60,000 people are catching COVID every day, and official figures show at least 4.5 million of us have now had the disease. 

It means more and more Australians now have the debilitating condition known as 'long COVID'. 

But how much do we really know about it? 

Today, we speak to a Melbourne nurse who hasn't recovered from a bout of COVID she had in 2020, and we hear from a doctor at the forefront of global research into what remains a mystery illness. 

Originally published on 1 April, 2022

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Irene Tey, long COVID sufferer

Dr David Putrino, director of rehabilitation innovation, Mt Sinai hospital system, New York