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About 1.3 million people in the UK have "long Covid", symptoms lasting more than four weeks after an initial infection, an Office for National Statistics survey suggests.
Of those, 892,000 (70%) first caught the virus at least 12 weeks ago and 506,000 (40%) at least a year ago.
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The ONS survey, over four weeks in November and December 2021, suggests, of those with long Covid:
- 51% have fatigue
- 37% have loss of smell
- 36% have shortness of breath
- 28% have difficulty concentrating
