Rising Australian ballet star's ongoing nine-month battle with long COVID

Kate McIlwain
Updated January 24 2024 - 5:37pm, first published January 23 2024 - 2:03pm
Wollongong-born dancer Riley Lapham, who was one of the rising stars of Australian ballet when she got long COVID. Pictures supplied.
Wollongong-born dancer Riley Lapham, who was one of the rising stars of Australian ballet when she got long COVID. Pictures supplied.

Early last year, Wollongong-born dancer Riley Lapham was one of the rising stars of Australian ballet.

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Kate McIlwain

Kate McIlwain

Journalist

For more than a decade, I've helped the Illawarra Mercury set the news agenda across the region. Currently I'm the paper's health reporter - covering the stories of Illawarra workers and residents in the wake of a global pandemic and at a time where our health systems are stretched to the limit.

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