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On Wednesday, more than 53,000 people were diagnosed with COVID-19 and daily case numbers are rising.
As case numbers rise, so do deaths and hospitalisations, and for some people recovering from COVID isn’t simple.
One in 20 people who contract the virus are suffering from what is called long COVID.
Based on Wednesday’s numbers, that means 2700 people who are diagnosed will have enduring COVID symptoms.
Today on Please Explain, health reporter Kate Aubusson joins Nathanael Cooper to discuss long COVID, the strains of the virus causing the current wave and what’s ahead in the pandemic. Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. |