# Long-term COVID-19 symptoms and post-vaccination reactions among prolonged COVID-19 patients in the Kurdistan region of Iraq

## TL;DR

This paper introduces a dataset from Iraq that tracks long-term symptoms of recovered COVID-19 patients, including vaccination reactions and memory issues.

## Contribution

The study presents a comprehensive dataset capturing long-term symptoms and vaccination reactions specific to the Kurdistan region.

## Key findings

- The dataset includes vaccination status and self-reported memory issues among long-term COVID-19 patients.
- The dataset is rich in features and can be used to test various hypotheses about long-term effects of the virus.

## Abstract

Vaccination has long been recognized as the most effective means for disease prevention, yet concerns have raised globally regarding possible side effects. These concerns were very serious with the COVID-19 vaccines due to the accelerated development process, which did not follow the traditional vaccine lifecycle. This paper describes a dataset that captures a range of long-term symptoms in patients after recovering from the virus including information on vaccination status and self-reported memory issues. The research was carried out in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, and as a result, The Kurdistan Long Term COVID Dataset (KLTCD) was established. The dataset is publicly available online. Basic statistical analysis, measures and machine learning logistic algorithm have been used to evaluate the hypothesis. The established dataset contains numerous features, variables, and labels, making it one of the most information-rich datasets on long-term COVID-19. It may be used to support or refute various hypothesis related to the virus.