'I'm still at half-capacity': long Covid sufferers reflect on brutal year

We speak again to victims of the virus on the slow process of recovery, and the many setbacks they have endured since catching the disease

As weeks have turned to months, and months roll into a year, the shadow cast by Covid-19 continues to lengthen - not least for many of those who have survived the disease.

Earlier this year, some of those who caught the virus early in the pandemic told the Guardian about their ongoing symptoms, from breathlessness and fatigue to mental health problems and brain fog".