Long COVID risk less with Omicron than Delta variant, UK study finds

The Omicron variant of COVID-19 is less likely to cause long COVID risk than the Delta variant, new research in the UK has found.

Analysis by researchers from King’s College London of data from the ZOE COVID Symptom study app published on Thursday in a letter to ‘The Lancet’ journal found the odds of experiencing long COVID were between 20-50 per cent less during the Omicron period versus the Delta period, depending on age and time…