Long COVID affects about 6 per cent of people with COVID, with more than 200 symptoms recorded. For some, it lasts a few months. For "long haulers" it stretches into years.

When most people think of COVID now, they picture a short illness like a cold - a few days of fever, sore throat or cough before getting better.

But for many, the story doesn't end there. Long COVID - defined by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as symptoms lasting at least three months after infection - has become a lasting part of the pandemic.

Most research has focused on describing symptoms - such as fatigue, brain fog and breathlessness. But we know less about their effect on daily life, and this hasn't been well studied in Australia. That's where our new study, published today, comes in.

We show long COVID isn't just uncomfortable or inconvenient. People with the condition told us it can profoundly limit their daily life and stop them from doing what they want to do, and need to do.

What is long COVID? Long COVID affects about 6 per cent of people with COVID, with more than 200 symptoms recorded. For some, it lasts a few months. For "long haulers" it stretches into years.

Source:Ndtv