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"A high prevalence of long COVID is perhaps the starkest reminder that the
pandemic is far from over.
The latest
New Zealand Health Survey confirms the impacts of the COVID
pandemic continue, six years after the initial outbreak. The data show most New
Zealanders (77.7% or about 3.3 million people) have had COVID at least once.
Many people reported changes in health after COVID, but about one in 11 adults
(401,000 people) described symptoms lasting three months or longer. These were
health impacts they had not experienced prior to the COVID infection and could
not be explained by a different diagnosis.
Women were more likely to report symptoms of long COVID – about 1 in 7 women
(14.9%) compared to 1 in 12 men (8.5%). Only among people above the age of 65
were the rates similar in women and men.
One in six Māori adults (15.5%) reported having had long COVID symptoms,
compared to one in nine non-Māori adults (11.3%), and among people living with
disabilities, one in four (22.8%) experienced lasting symptoms.
Overall, 11.9% of adults who contracted COVID developed long COVID following
the acute phase, and almost half (48.5%) of them were still experiencing
symptoms at the time they completed the survey.
New Zealand must take long COVID seriously. Denial of these impacts and delays
in providing appropriate care mean New Zealand is missing opportunities to
limit harms to individuals and society."
Same question for Australia.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
