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Ellen Thompson, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology, School of Life Course & Population Sciences, King's College London

Long COVID: female sex, older age and existing health problems increase risk – new research

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About 2 million people in the UK currently have long COVID, according to the latest data from the Office for National Statistics.

In the UK, long COVID is defined as “signs and symptoms that continue or develop after acute COVID-19”. This definition is further split into people who have symptoms between four to 12 weeks after infection (ongoing symptomatic COVID-19) and for 12 weeks or more (post-COVID syndrome).

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