Queensland's chief health official is pushing for references to 'long COVID' to be scrapped after new research.
References to "long COVID" should be scrapped according to Queensland's Chief Health Officer after new research found long-term symptoms associated with the virus are the same as other viral infections. Dr John Gerrard said health officials recognise the ongoing effects suffered by people who have had COVID-19 as real but they are not unique to the virus.
Gerrard said 16 per cent of respondents reported some ongoing symptoms regardless of whether they had COVID-19, the flu or another respiratory infection. Only 3.6 per cent reported moderate-to-severe functional impairment in their activities of daily life. But there was no evidence that COVID-19 positive adults were more likely to have moderate-to-severe limitations a year after the diagnosis than symptomatic adults, who were negative for COVID-19, he said.
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