8.1. ensure sufficient funding for biomedical research so that a common definition and terminology are established, and effective treatments are available to ensure an adapted, safe and sustained recovery that reduces long-term disability;

8.2. adopt public policies co-ordinated at national level and defined in collaboration with people suffering from “long Covid” to meet their medical, social and professional needs;

8.3. set up transdisciplinary centres of expertise for diagnosis, treatment and prevention in order to facilitate access to care for people suffering from “long Covid”;

8.4. work with the health sector to disseminate information and provide specific training for medical staff on “long Covid”;

8.5. run, in partnership with civil society, public awareness campaign on “long Covid”, with a view to ensuring an understanding of the disease which will in turn protect the possibility for those affected by it to enjoy as normal a life as they can, free from stigmatisation and with their rights and freedoms fully respected and facilitated;

8.6. recognise that “long Covid” should fall within the scope of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in order to allow access to social security, disability benefits and compensatory aids;

8.7. ensure equitable access to healthcare for people suffering from “long Covid”, in particular children and young people, and for the States Parties to the Convention for the protection of Human Rights and Dignity of the Human Being with regard to the Application of Biology and Medicine (ETS No. 164, Oviedo Convention) to take the necessary measures to give effect to the provisions of its Article 3;

8.8. promote flexible policies for patients with “long Covid”, both in the workplace and in educational institutions, to ensure that they are able to continue their work or education under appropriate conditions;

8.9. encourage international co-operation in the fight against this disease.

9. Finally, the Assembly also reiterates its strong encouragement to the Council of Europe member Stateswhich have not yet ratified the revised European Social Charter to do so as soon as possible.

8. Recognising the need to adopt a human rights-based approach in the fight against “long Covid”, the Assembly calls on Council of Europe member States to:

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