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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Pamela Duncan Acting data projects editor

430,000 Britons have long Covid two years after infection, says ONS

A Covid-19 testing centre in London earlier this year.
A Covid-19 testing centre in London earlier this year. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA

An estimated 430,000 Britons were still suffering from long Covid two years after first contracting the virus, according to data released by the Office for National Statistics.

One in every 32 people in the UK was estimated to have some form of long Covid at the end of July, equivalent to 2 million people. Of those, around 1.5 million said their symptoms were adversely affecting their daily activities, while 384,000 said their ability to undertake daily activities had been “limited a lot”.

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