Food insecurity was the most prevalent indicator among adults with long COVID in all income and education groups other than the top income group.
As DRC officials await test results, WHO experts are also bringing medicine and test equipment to help local responders.
But the researchers say other genetic mutations would likely be needed for the virus to prefer human cell receptors and enable efficient human transmission.
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