The cost of Long Covid (File on 4, 18 May 2021)

Summary

Latest figures show more than a million people in Britain are suffering from Long Covid. For many the condition is completely debilitating. The extreme fatigue, breathing difficulties, brain-fog is forcing hundreds of thousands of previously fit, working people on to long term sick. File on 4 hears from frontline workers who kept Britain going through the pandemic but now feel abandoned. Others reveal how they’ve felt pressurised to return to work even though they’re very ill.

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Further reading that may be of interest:

• Long Covid Minister needed to respond to growing crisis
• Promises of Long Covid support have not materialised (a blog by Clare Rayner)
• My experience of suspected 'Long COVID' (by Dr Jake Suett)

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