Alarming mental health impact of long Covid laid bare
Jimmy Nsubuga
People take Covid-19 tests at a mobile testing centre in south London. (Getty)
The mental health impact of long Covid has been laid bare in a new report, revealing almost a third of sufferers experience moderate to severe depressive symptoms.
People who have had or suspect they may have had long Covid are almost twice as likely to have experienced depression compared to those who haven t contracted coronavirus, according to research from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
These people were more likely to report often, or always, feeling lonely (10%) compared to people who do not think they have ever had the virus (6%).
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