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Sophie Van Reijswoud is 15 years old and has been diagnosed with long Covid.
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 Associate Professor Magdalena Simonis AM, AFMW Immediate Past President

Children and Long COVID

A/Prof Magdalena Simonis was asked to comment recently on long COVID in adolescents for SBS News. Listed below are some key points regarding long COVID and children; adolescents. For further reading, please see the full SBS News article “Most young people bounced back after COVID-19. Sophie’s case remains ‘catastrophic'”,  published 18 September 2023 5:38am, by Jessica Bahr.

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younbg woman on train platform wearing a mask to protect from infection and reduce transmission
COVID-19
 Associate Professor Magdalena Simonis AM, AFMW Immediate Past President

Yes, masks reduce the risk of spreading COVID, despite a review saying they don’t | The Conversation

In this ‘The Conversation’ article originally published 7 February 2023, authors C Raina MacIntyre, Abrar Ahmad Chughtai, David Fisman and Trish Greenhalgh review and discuss the evidence that face masks significantly reduce transmission of such infections both in health-care settings and in the community.

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COVID-19
 Associate Professor Magdalena Simonis AM, AFMW Immediate Past President

National Clinical Evidence Taskforce Funding Update

The National Clinical Evidence Taskforce which ensured Australian have up to date, scientifically sound and trusted updates, is running to the end of its funding on December 31st 2022. It has been exciting be one of the 200+ clinicians providing expert advice. My participation was to contribute the gender equity, women’s health and Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) lens to the recommendations. It has been a privilege to be a part of of the living guidelines task force and I most will agree that the whole nation has felt better informed because of its effort.

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Woman stroking forehead of person suffering long covid
COVID-19
 Associate Professor Magdalena Simonis AM, AFMW Immediate Past President

Long COVID risk similar for kids and adults: Study | RACGP

In this RACGP NewsGP article, Assoc Prof Simonis was asked to comment on research from Germany, which shows that children and adolescents are not immune to long-COVID. “ ….the difficulty ( with children) is that they can’t describe their symptoms like adults can, so you’re probably never going to get an accurate picture of what they’re experiencing,’ Dr Simonis said.

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LATEST COVID-19 RESOURCES
COVID-19
 Associate Professor Magdalena Simonis AM, AFMW Immediate Past President

COVID-19 Resources List [UPDATED 04 APRIL 2022]

[UPDATED 4 APRIL 2022 – Decision chart for use of Adult with symptomatic COVID-19 who does not require oxygen and has one or more risk factors for disease progression added] View the updated list of the latest COVID-19 resources. Please share with your colleagues.

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