Explaining long Covid to others is among the toughest challenges for sufferers, who need targeted help and rehabilitation while they slowly recover from symptoms such as fatigue, difficulty concentrating and chest pain.

Patients and doctors here call for greater awareness of the condition, which can affect one's personal life and workplace performance for the six months or more it takes for recovery.

In The Straits Times’ The Big Story, Multimedia journalist Hairianto Dirman spoke with correspondent Akshita Nanda about the effects of long Covid.