MILLIONS of Brits suffering from long Covid could be waiting years for a cure, MPs heard today. Experts said the condition, which mainly affects young people and women, is widespread and growing bu…
At least two million people have had the condition in the UK, suffering Covid symptoms for months after the virus has left their body.Experts had previously revealed that half ofA study of over 800 people found that 56.7 per cent of those who participated felt an overall improvement in symptoms after receiving a coronavirus vaccine.'LONG WAY TO GO'
Dr David Strain, the British Medical Association’s lead on the NHS Long Covid Taskforce, said: “This is currently the most rapidly expanding research area in the whole of medicine.“We are looking at what treatments are available and hope to provide the most holistic service, but there is still a long way to go before we know for certain what the right treatments are.”
Dr Strain added long Covid appears to be caused by the body’s own immune reaction to Covid, which is why it mainly affects younger, fitter, healthier people. Speaking to MPs on the All-Party Group on Coronavirus, he said the UK is ahead of the rest of the world in researching the condition, which can be “debilitating”.
He said the current “wave” of Covid infections mainly affects unvaccinated people in their 20s and 30s - and up to 20 per cent of them may suffer long Covid.The all-party parliamentary group of MPs on the coronavirus have previously claimed there were 16 symptoms that people with long-Covid suffer with.
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