Here's a quick wrap of the COVID-19 news and case numbers from each Australian jurisdiction from the past week.
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners has told an inquiry into long COVID the current definition means some people areCurrently, Australia uses the World Health Organization's definition of long COVID, which says it is when someone's symptoms continue or they develop new onesMark Morgan, from the RACGP, says using this definition meant people who were experiencing "distressing" symptoms had to wait months to be diagnosed and receive treatment.
"If you wait to 12 weeks before you assign a label of long COVID then you've missed an opportunity to intervene earlier with the sort of strategies and rehabilitation that will work for a lot of people," he says.
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