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    newsGP - Experts question study linking long COVID to deaths

    20 January 2021, 9:49 AM

    Experts question study linking long COVID to deaths

    But emerging data suggests GPs need to follow up any of their patients who have had even milder, non-hospitalised forms of the disease.

    Man struggling with long COVIDFatigue and muscle weakness are common symptoms of long COVID, as are sleep disturbance, and anxiety and depression.

    Experts have expressed caution over new UK research indicating close to one in eight COVID patients had died in the months after being discharged from hospital.

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    newsGP - Novavax candidate may prove best long-term solution for Australia

    15 January 2021, 11:27 AM

    Shopping cart holding Novavax vaccine vials.

    Novavax candidate may prove best long-term solution for Australia

    While debate swirls around the first two vaccines set to be used in the rollout, NVX-CoV2373 comes with potential advantages and, crucially, will have been tested against the new COVID variants.

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    newsGP - RACGP President and Federal Health Minister unveil GPs’ COVID vaccine role

    13 January 2021, 11:37 AM

    RACGP President Dr Karen Price

    RACGP President and Federal Health Minister unveil GPs’ COVID vaccine role

    Dr Karen Price and Greg Hunt have confirmed general practice will be at the heart of one of the largest vaccination efforts in Australian history.

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