SARS-CoV-2 is not the first virus to cause unexplained chronic illness, but the sheer size of this pandemic means more people will develop long COVID.
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Authorities and experts are reducing the time window they estimate people are protected from getting infected again after they’ve recovered from a bout of COVID.
The COVID isolation period is seven days in Australia, but you might still be infectious after that if you have symptoms and a positive RAT.
It feels like everyone around you has or is recovering from COVID. Maybe you’re fatigued and wondering if it’s an after-effect? Antibody tests could confirm it one way or another.
Many Australians are yet to have a third COVID vaccine dose, while people overseas are having their fourth shot.
Infection seems to add a boost to immunity – but vaccination is still vital and breakthrough infections should be avoided as much as possible.
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Professor of Immunology, Vice-Chancellors Distinguished Professorial Fellow, Head of Immunology and Translational Research, Victoria University
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Senior Lecturer; MD, Victoria University
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Senior Lecturer at the Australian National University Medical School, Australian National University
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Research Officer - Immunology and Translational Research, Victoria University
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Professor, Research Centre for Hauora and Health, Massey University
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Professor and Laboratory Head, The University of Melbourne
