Long Covid patients using unproven and expensive treatments, experts warn

Lack of approved therapies and need to work means people are turning to options such as blood washing'

People with long Covid are turning to unproven and expensive treatments because of a lack of approved therapies coupled with a need to return to paid work, experts have warned.

According to figures from the Office for National Statistics, more than 2.1 million people in November were still living with Covid symptoms more than four weeks after the first confirmed or suspected infection - about 3.3% of the UK population.