{"id":35966,"date":"2021-12-03T16:07:55","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T16:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sheffieldwire.co.uk\/?p=35966"},"modified":"2021-12-03T16:07:55","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T16:07:55","slug":"1-in-50-people-in-yorkshire-and-the-humber-have-long-covid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/12\/03\/1-in-50-people-in-yorkshire-and-the-humber-have-long-covid\/","title":{"rendered":"1 in 50 people in Yorkshire and the Humber have long COVID"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Long COVID affects 109,000 people in Yorkshire and the Humber, meaning that 1 in 50 people in the region suffer from the illness.<\/p>\n<p>The figures, published yesterday by the Office for National Statistics, show the lasting effects on people who had COVID-19 at least 12 weeks previously.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36085\" src=\"https:\/\/awesome-shockley.77-68-72-77.plesk.page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Covid-Rate.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"703\" height=\"439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awesome-shockley.77-68-72-77.plesk.page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Covid-Rate.jpeg 703w, https:\/\/awesome-shockley.77-68-72-77.plesk.page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Covid-Rate-480x300.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 703px, 100vw\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Professor Helen Ward told an Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre (AHSC) online seminar there was &#8220;an implicit assumption that you either die or get better.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We also need to measure long-term health impacts.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Symptoms of long COVID or post-COVID-19 syndrome, include fatigue, &#8216;brain fog&#8217;, and loss of smell.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-36109 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/awesome-shockley.77-68-72-77.plesk.page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Covid-Symptoms-7.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"694\" height=\"504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awesome-shockley.77-68-72-77.plesk.page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Covid-Symptoms-7.png 694w, https:\/\/awesome-shockley.77-68-72-77.plesk.page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Covid-Symptoms-7-480x349.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 694px, 100vw\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Long COVID can also have long-term impacts on existing health inequalities.<\/p>\n<p>Sana Habib, a medical student, conducted research into the impact of long COVID on Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic individuals.<\/p>\n<p>She said: \u201cThere is a very big health inequality between Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic Individuals and the White British majority.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith long COVID, those inequalities are going to broaden even more because of the fact that there\u2019s no information out there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The next month&#8217;s long COVID data will be released 6 January 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Long COVID affects 109,000 people in Yorkshire and the Humber, meaning that 1 in 50 people in the region suffer from the illness. 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