Guardian: Lobbyist turned psychotherapist Derek Draper dies aged 56
Long Covid is still not well understood: the condition is still being studied and the NHS has set up services to help those worst affected.
But according to data released by the Office for National Statistics in February last year, the last dataset available, about six in 10 people with long Covid in the UK were likely to have had symptoms for a year or more.
The data also revealed an estimated 2 million people living in private households in the UK were experiencing self-reported long Covid, with symptoms including extreme fatigue, shortness of breath, loss of smell, muscle aches, problems with memory and concentration, chest pain, insomnia, and heart and lung problems. Other common features include joint pain, depression, anxiety, diarrhoea, stomach aches and loss of appetite.