Article 5XDFM Long Covid could create a generation affected by disability, expert warns

Long Covid could create a generation affected by disability, expert warns

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Nicola Davis Science correspondent
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Prof Danny Altmann, immunologist at Imperial College London, says UK's approach fails to take the impact of infections seriously

Long Covid could create a generation affected by disability, with people forced out of their homes and work, and some even driven to suicide, a leading expert has warned.

In an exclusive interview with the Guardian, Prof Danny Altmann - an immunologist at Imperial College London - said that the UK's current approach to Covid fails to take the impact of infections sufficiently seriously, adding that more needs to be done to aid diagnosis and treatment of long Covid.

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