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𝙆𝙚𝙮 𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙮 :
"𝙋𝙤𝙨𝙩-𝘾𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙙-19 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 (𝙇𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝘾𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙙) 𝙞𝙣 𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 12 𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙝𝙨 𝙖𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙣𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙧 𝙧𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙊𝙢𝙞𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙣"
. nature.com/articles/s4159…

2) This study aims to investigate the impact of the Omicron variant on young people 12 months after infection. The study included 345 young people who had their first laboratory-confirmed infection with the Omicron variant and 360 young people who were reinfected ...

3) ...with the Omicron variant.
They completed an online questionnaire assessing demographics, symptoms, and their impact at different time points. The most common symptoms reported at 12 months post-testing were tiredness and sleeping difficulties.

4) The symptom profiles, severity, and impact were similar in both groups. By 12 months, 17.4% of first-positive cases and 21.9% of reinfected cases fulfilled the research definition of Long Covid.

5) Further studies are needed to determine the causality of reported symptoms up to 12 months after SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Thanks for reading 🙏