Medical Xpress October 15, 2025
A new study of Australians suffering from long COVID found 56% still had persistent symptoms six months after their initial infection, according to experts from The Australian National University (ANU). In most cases, symptoms included fatigue, shortness of breath and coughing.
The study, conducted in collaboration with the Western Australia Department of Health, was published in the journal Epidemiology and Infection.
The results follow a 2024 study led by Dr. Mulu Woldegiorgis that surveyed 11,000 people from Western Australia three months after they contracted COVID-19. Almost 1 in 5 (18.2%) had developed long COVID. The researchers then monitored the same group of people six months after their initial infection.
“We wanted to get a sense of the trajectory for people...
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