For most people, long COVID means not getting better after a COVID infection. So how has long COVID changed throughout the pandemic, and how likely are you to get it with this infection?
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We know very little about how long COVID affects the body, and why some people develop ongoing symptoms and others don’t. But emerging evidence offers clues.
Will two fewer days of isolation make much of a difference to COVID case numbers?
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.
Getting back into exercise after having COVID is hard, and has to be taken slowly.
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.
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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Senior Lecturer at the Australian National University Medical School, Australian National University
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Senior lecturer in Physiotherapy, Victoria University
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Senior Lecturer; MD, Victoria University
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Chair in Epidemiology, Deakin University
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Professor and Laboratory Head, The University of Melbourne
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Research Fellow, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, and The Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science, Curtin University
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Professor of Allied Health, University of Sydney
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Senior Research Fellow, Viral Immunology Systems Program, The Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney
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Professor, Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Research Fellow, ANU College of Health and Medicine, Australian National University
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Professor of Immunology, Vice-Chancellors Distinguished Professorial Fellow, Head of Immunology and Translational Research, Victoria University
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Associate Professor, Child and Adolescent Health, University of Sydney
