Increasing Incidence of Long COVID-19 Symptoms Among Australians

Females, young adults and those living in middle-income households were the most likely to contract COVID-19 virus.

In Australia, more than one in ten have suffered from long COVID-19 symptoms, revealed a new survey.

The study, which was conducted by Australian National University (ANU) researchers, found nearly one third of adults in the country who have had COVID-19 had symptoms that lasted longer than four weeks, reports Xinhua news agency.

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‘Approximately 5 percent of adults have suffered from COVID-19 symptoms for three months or more after initially testing positive.’

The number of confirmed cases since the start of the pandemic in Australia, which has a population of about 25 million, has surpassed 10 million.

The study found that while it’s now likely nearly half of all Australian adults have had COVID-19, it hasn’t spread equally across the population.

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"This is a snapshot of how Australians have experienced COVID-19 since early 2020," Nicholas Biddle, lead author of the research, said in a statement.

"89.5 percent of adults surveyed who’ve had COVID-19 reported having symptoms. Those who experienced symptoms of some kind were hit with around 10 different symptoms on average, with the most common being tiredness."

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According to the study, around a quarter of Australians with symptoms experienced 13 or more, while another quarter experienced seven or less.

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A runny nose or sneezing, sore throat, cough and headache were also common, experienced by around three-quarters of those with symptoms.

It found people who reported multiple symptoms were more likely to experience a drop in their mental wellbeing.

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"On the other hand, people who had short experiences with COVID-19 or few symptoms generally didn’t experience a decline in wellbeing compared to those who had not had COVID-19," Biddle said.

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