The Ministry of Health, recognizing the importance and systemic nature of the medical and social problem of the prolonged syndrome of COVID-19 (Long Covid) and adopting the relevant guidelines of the World Health Organization, proceeds to the establishment of a special scientific committee. The aim of this committee is to study and evaluate the presence of Long Covid syndrome in the population and to make recommendations on ways of raising public awareness and planning appropriate support for sufferers, in collaboration with stakeholders including the Pancyprian Medical Association, the National Health Services Organisation and the Federation of Cyprus Patients' Associations.
As project coordinator and Chairman of the Long Covid Cyprus Committee, Dr. Constantinos Fellas, Professor of the University of Nicosia, is appointed.
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