A new study has found that about 20 per cent of individuals suffering from long COVID19 can experience brain impairment for at least 12 months without improvement. DETAILS: See the full story, tonight at 6pm on 9News
The study found about 20 per cent of those suffering from long COVID-19 can experience brain impairment for at least 12 months without improvement.
"We're hopeful it will take another year or less to see some improvement in their condition but we just don't know," he said. "There's a common misconception that if you're not severely ill with COVID then you won't experience brain fog, but in our study nine out of ten of those suffering long COVID were not hospitalised," he said.
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