Health Secretary Matt Hancock has told Sky News that he is increasingly concerned about the long term impacts that Coronavirus is having on some patients.
Mr Hancock said:
“I am concerned there’s increasing evidence a minority of people – but a significant minority – have long-term impacts and it can be quite debilitating.
“So we’ve set up an NHS service to support those with long-term impacts of COVID-19 and, also, we’ve put almost £10m into research into these long-term effects.
“It is something that I’m worried about, we’ve taken action on – both through the NHS and through the research activities.
“It’s one of the consequences of this being a novel virus.
“We’re constantly learning about the impact of it and it does appear that for some people there’s a pretty debilitating long-term impact, quite similar to a post-viral fatigue syndrome that you do get with many viruses.
“It’s really important we support people who are in that situation and, also, that we do the research to find out what we can do about it.”
