On Wednesday, more than 53,000 people were diagnosed with COVID-19 and daily case numbers are rising.

As case numbers rise, so do deaths and hospitalisations, and for some people recovering from COVID isn’t simple.

One in 20 people who contract the virus are suffering from what is called long COVID.

Based on Wednesday’s numbers, that means 2700 people who are diagnosed will have enduring COVID symptoms.

Today on Please Explain, health reporter Kate Aubusson joins Nathanael Cooper to discuss long COVID, the strains of the virus causing the current wave and what’s ahead in the pandemic.

On Wednesday, more than 53,000 people were diagnosed with COVID-19 and daily case numbers are rising.
As case numbers rise, so do deaths and hospitalisations, and for some people recovering from COVID isn’t simple.
One in 20 people who contract the virus are suffering from what is called long COVID.
Based on Wednesday’s numbers, that means 2700 people who are diagnosed will have enduring COVID symptoms.
Today on Please Explain, health reporter Kate Aubusson joins Nathanael Cooper to discuss long COVID, the strains of the virus causing the current wave and what’s ahead in the pandemic.

The Morning Edition (formerly Please Explain) brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

The Morning Edition (formerly Please Explain) brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

The Morning Edition

The Morning Edition brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

The Morning Edition brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

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