Chief Science Advisor Mona Nemer provides an update on COVID-19, post-COVID condition, and other public health concerns during a press conference in Ottawa on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022. Dr.
“Some patients have not recovered two to three years after the initial infection and it is uncertain whether a proportion may ever fully recover,” Nemer said of the condition that lacks consensus on a clear definition and diagnostic criteria, affecting claims for social assistance, disability supports and insurance by those who can no longer work.