Even after vaccination, it remains to be careful not to get the virus, with the risk of long-lasting complaints. (image afp / Alex Halada)
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Washington
Anyone who has been vaccinated against corona and still gets the virus can also develop the long-term post-covid syndrome. The risk of the syndrome, previously ‘long covid’, is only slightly smaller in vaccinated people than in people who have not been vaccinated.
This is apparent from a new study among 34,000 vaccinated Americans who still got corona, in a professional journal Nature Medicine† Those who have been vaccinated have 10 to 20 percent less chance of still having corona-like complaints six months later.
But many do get lingering complaints such as fatigue, concentration problems, shortness of breath and pain. That means that vaccination only provides ‘partial protection’ against post-covid, a research group led by ..
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