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Australia: Queensland’s chief health officer calls for the scrapping of the term “Long COVID”

In a press conference on March 15, Queensland’s Chief Health Officer Dr John Gerrard used a study that will be presented at the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases in ...
The Courier-Mail

Coronavirus NSW: Qld border closes, Scott Morrison rejects UK flight ban

Ms Palaszczuk revealed the measure on Monday afternoon after the NSW Government recorded another 15 new cases linked to the growing Avalon cluster. The Queensland Premier said the government was ...
World Socialist Web Site

Australian Labor government quietly acknowledges likely COVID holiday surge, but no public health measures

In a statement released on Friday, the Labor government’s Health Minister Mark Butler blandly noted “an expected festive season wave” of COVID infection and illness. Australian Health Minister Mark ...
EurekAlert!

Long COVID ‘indistinguishable’ from other post-viral syndromes a year after infection

**Note: the release below is a special early release from the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID 2024, Barcelona, Spain, 27-30 April). Please credit the ...
The Daily Telegraph

Qld coronavirus: Two new cases, 7000 prisoners in lockdown

A training officer in the Queensland prisons system is one of two new cases of coronavirus recorded in the past 24 hours, prompting the lockdown of thousands of prisoners as far north as Rockhampton ...