Today @LongCovidSOS along with 20 other organisations has written to @SteveBarclay calling for a Public Space Ventilation Bill in order to prevent #COVID19 transmission
"There is no downside to clean air, it will benefit everyone" #LongCovid #VentilationBill
Read the letter here
You can find out more about the letter on our website here:
"The UK Is Running Out Of Clean Air"
National Commissioning Guidance for #LongCovid has also been published today by @NHSEngland @NHSEngland Patient and Public Voice Partners were involved in this document's development
“One in eight people who were hospitalised with COVID-19 between May 2020 and March 2021 were later diagnosed with myocarditis, or heart inflammation, according to major new research into the clinical long-term effects of COVID-19.” @UofGlasgow gla.ac.uk/news/headline_…
“The largest study of its kind to date was led by the University of Glasgow in collaboration with NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHS GGC), and followed for one year, in real time, 159 patients after they were hospitalised with COVID-19” #LongCovid#CountLongCovid
“However, this new landmark study suggests that it is the severity of the COVID-19 infection itself which is most closely correlated to the severity of a patient’s long-COVID symptoms, rather than pre-existing health problems”
Interesting new findings in @NatureMedicine
#LongCovid does not discriminate. People of all ages and backgrounds have had their lives and careers robbed from them by this disease. A 🧵 highlighting some younger people with #LongCovid.
Ravi is 23 years old. He plays the violin and is currently struggling to get his masters done while fighting #LongCovid.
Sophia is 20 years old and had a normal life and did normal things any young person would do before developing #LongCovid. Her life is very different now.
New @ONS data released today
🔹1.1 million people have #LongCovid - 1.7% of the population
🔹831,000 have had symptoms >12 weeks
🔹405,000 symptoms 1 year +
🔹706,000 activities limited
🔹221,000 severely impacted