12% of English pupils report continuing Covid symptoms weeks after infection
by Sally Weale Education correspondent from on (#5Q3AC)
Secondary school students and staff describe persistent problems that point to scale of long Covid
More than one in 10 pupils and over a third of school staff with Covid continued to suffer symptoms four weeks after infection, according to new data which may shed some light on the scale of long Covid in schools in England.
Data published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) found 12.3% of secondary school pupils and 35.7% of staff with a confirmed Covid infection reported continuing symptoms, including weakness, tiredness and shortness of breath, four weeks later.
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