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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Nicola Davis Science correspondent

Long Covid could create a generation affected by disability, expert warns

A protester holds up a placard demanding research into long Covid during a demonstration in Parliament Square, London on 9 March.
A protester holds up a placard demanding research into long Covid during a demonstration in Parliament Square, London on 9 March. Photograph: Martin Pope/SOPA Images/Rex/Shutterstock

Long Covid could create a generation affected by disability, with people forced out of their homes and work, and some even driven to suicide, a leading expert has warned.

In an exclusive interview with the Guardian, Prof Danny Altmann – an immunologist at Imperial College London – said that the UK’s current approach to Covid fails to take the impact of infections sufficiently seriously, adding that more needs to be done to aid diagnosis and treatment of long Covid.

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