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Official spelling of long COVID and post COVID
Thread poster: Inez Ulrich
Inez Ulrich
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Sep 27, 2022

Hi all,

is there any official spelling for long COVID and post COVID (hyphen, upper case, lower case?)? Thank you!!

[Edited at 2022-09-27 16:42 GMT]
 
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Inez Ulrich wrote:

Hi all,

is there any official spelling for long COVID and post COVID (hyphen, upper case, lower case?)? Thank you!!

[Edited at 2022-09-27 15:49 GMT]


Post-Covid would normally be hyphenated if used as an adjective. Long Covid wouldn't as it's a noun.

I think COVID (with a -19) is the official WHO spelling but press and real people all use Covid because it's easier on the eye.

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Philip Lees
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More context Sep 28, 2022

This article may be of help.

Or it may just add to your confusion. The bottom line is that it depends where the text is going to appear, and on how you define "official".
 
Inez Ulrich
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Thanks! Sep 28, 2022

Thanks both! The COVID itself is clear, it was more about the long and post, but as Ice Scream wrote the same as I thought, I'll stick to it.
 


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