Last weekend, the world’s first conference on autoimmunity, COVID and Post-COVID international congress was held. The two-day conference was held in collaboration between Ariel University and the University of St. Petersburg, where the conference was held and the first Russian Post-COVID Clinic was instituted.

The conference discussed mechanisms by which the virus causes multiple autoimmune symptoms, as well as the consequences of the virus on the infected several months after recovery. The conference featured experts from around the world who hold specializations in infectious diseases and autoimmune symptoms.
The conference was chaired by Professor Yehuda Shoenfeld, President of Ariel University, and Professor Leonid Churilov, an expert researcher in pathophysiology, research partners with thanks to a prestigious grant from the Russian Federation Government.

