At the St. Petersburg Veterans’ Hospital, a rehabilitation center has been repurposed to treat patients suffering from symptoms of COVID-19 long after the initial infection. Current Time photographer Artyom Leshko visited the ward where long-haul patients are fighting to overcome the physical and mental toll of the virus.
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A medical worker wearing a personal protective equipment PPE tends to a patient infected with the Covid-19 at the intensive care unit of the Mariinsky Hospital in Saint Petersburg on July 7, 2021.