Up to 40 per cent of people who contract COVID-19 experience lingering symptoms like fatigue, shortness of breath and brain fog.
New research from RMIT University in Melbourne says Australia is lagging behind in how it deals with the impact of long COVID.
“This wasn't, at that point in time, anything that was formally acknowledged by any of my doctors, and it wasn't until I was it really until I was probably more 5, 6 months down the trail of being completely housebound - slash - bed-couch-bound that they would actually acknowledge that it was long COVID."
In Australia, the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in more than 11 million confirmed cases since the outbreak began in 2020. But according to Professor Zheng, public awareness is still a major barrier. She says the confusion over what long COVID looks like and how it's defined is not only a problem for the general public.
But recommendations like exercise, regulating mental health, and eating anti-inflammatory diets might look different in different communities.
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