epidemiologist Michael Baker
A prominent epidemiologist says the risk of chronic and debilitating illness from long Covid could grow as more people are re-infected.
The latest figures, released by the Ministry of Health on Monday, showed the rolling average of new daily cases dropping slightly to 2738.
While widespread vaccine coverage has helped keep New Zealand's mortality rate low, compared to nations which suffered waves of infection earlier in the pandemic, not everyone completely recovers from the acute stage of the infection.
A recent article in Nature Reviews Microbiology said studies have shown around 10 percent of Covid-19 infections - including Omicron - result in Long Covid.
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