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Top 3 questions – What is long COVID, is it becoming more common, do vaccines reduce your chance of getting it

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Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Professor Michael Kidd, answers the Top Three questions across our channels. Hello. My name is Professor Michael Kidd.

I'm Deputy Chief Medical Officer with the Australian Government Department of Health. I'm speaking to you from Ngunnawal country and I'd like to acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land where I am today and where you are today, and to pay my respects to Elders, past and present, including 20 Elders joining us on today's top 3.So, what I'd like to focus on today is Long COVID.

Firstly, what is Long COVID? Well, Long COVID is where people have been infected with COVID-19 and then develop symptoms which lasts for four weeks or more after the initial infection.

And we're seeing an increasing number of people developing chronic symptoms after COVID-19 infection. Long COVID seems to affect between 10 to 30% of people who've been infected with COVID-19.

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