Two million Britons are suffering from long-term Covid symptoms

Two million people across England and Scotland are still suffering from long-term Covid symptoms, of which 381,000 say they have severely limited their daily activities. According to Britain's Office for National Statistics (ONS) 3.3% of people surveyed, conducted between February 6 and March 7, reported experiencing Covid symptoms that lasted more than four weeks after they were initially infected with the virus , symptoms that were not due to another medical condition. This figure is slightly higher than the 2.9% of people who reported experiencing long Covid symptoms in a similar ONS survey in March 2023, a UK-wide survey, although the ONS clarified that the methods of of two surveys were not exactly comparable. Unlike other large, wealthy countries, in Britain labor force participation has fallen since the start of the pandemic […]
Source: News Beast

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