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"A study of more than 11,000 Australians who tested positive to COVID-19 in
2022 has revealed almost one-in-five were still experiencing ongoing symptoms
three months after their initial diagnosis, according to new research from The
Australian National University (ANU).
The study was conducted in Western Australia (WA), with participants drawn from
the almost 71,000 adults who tested positive to COVID-19 in WA between 16 July
2022 and 3 August 2022.
Lead researcher, Dr Mulu Woldegiorgis, said the results show the risk of
developing long COVID from the Omicron variant is higher than previously
thought.
“It is more than double the prevalence reported in a review of Australian data
from earlier in the pandemic, and higher than similar studies done in the UK
and Canada,” Dr Woldegiorgis said.
“The risk of long COVID was greater for women and people aged 50 to 69, as well
as those with pre-existing health conditions and people who’d had fewer vaccine
doses.”
The researchers found 90 per cent of the study participants with long COVID
reported experiencing multiple symptoms.
The most frequently reported symptom was tiredness and fatigue (70 per cent),
followed by difficulty thinking or concentrating, or ‘brain fog’, sleep
problems and coughing."
Via Violet Blue’s
Pandemic Roundup: March 28, 2024
https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-101221362
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
