NEARLY one-third of Australian adults who’ve had COVID-19 had symptoms last more than four weeks, according to a new ANU study.
This equates to more than 14 per cent of the entire adult population in Australia.
In addition, nearly five per cent of Australian adults have experienced COVID-19 symptoms lasting three months or more.
The study also found almost half of all Australian adults have had COVID-19.
Lead author, Prof Nicholas Biddle says females, young Australians and people living in middle-income households have the highest probability of contracting COVID-19.
“89.5 per cent of adults surveyed who’ve had COVID-19 reported having symptoms,” prof Biddle said.
“Those who experienced symptoms of some kind were hit with around 10 different symptoms on average – with the most common being tiredness.
“Around a quarter of Australians with symptoms experienced 13 or more, while another quarter experienced seven or less. A runny nose or sneezing, sore throat, cough and headache were also common – experienced by around three-quarters of those with symptoms.”
The study is also one of the first in Australia to look at the impact of long covid on people’s wellbeing.
News all day, every day at CityNews.com.au.
Who can be trusted?
In a world of spin and confusion, there’s never been a more important time to support independent journalism in Canberra.
If you trust our work online and want to enforce the power of independent voices, I invite you to make a small contribution.
Every dollar of support is invested back into our journalism to help keep citynews.com.au strong and free.
Thank you,
Ian Meikle, editor
Leave a Reply