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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Helena Vesty & Christopher Sharp

'I've been blown up, stabbed and shot at...but long Covid is worse'

A former war correspondent said he suffered so badly with long Covid he attempted to take his own life.

Former journalist and bestselling military author Antony Loveless, 55, says long Covid 'stole everything' that he and his wife 'hold dear'. He said he and his partner Claire Hooper, 53, were so physically fit before the pandemic they thought they would 'bit a bit ill for a week' if they caught Covid.

But this wasn’t the case, and the virus hit them hard at the start of 2021.

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