Peak medical body says mask mandates should be considered and calls for ‘plan that relies on more than vaccination’
Diners at a Melbourne cafe. The AMA has called for mask mandates to be reconsidered to reduce the spread of coronavirus amid fears of rising long Covid cases.Diners at a Melbourne cafe. The AMA has called for mask mandates to be reconsidered to reduce the spread of coronavirus amid fears of rising long Covid cases.
The federal parliament’s health committee is investigating long Covid. In an issues paper released this week, the committee said that while Australia doesn’t have an accepted definition of the condition, it was considered as “ongoing symptoms more than three months after a confirmed Covid infection”.
Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup“Due to the variation in symptoms, difficulties diagnosing and reporting, it is very difficult to say what percentage of people infected with Covid-19 will develop long Covid,” the AMA’s submission read.
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