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The People Who Can't Shake Off Coronavirus: 'Week Nine And I'm Exhausted And Back To Being Bed Bound'
Friday 22 May 2020
 There are reports of Covid-19 sufferers having longer lasting effects than expected (Photos: left, Gemma Hepworth, top right, Liverpool Tropical School of Medicine, bottom right, Professor Brendan Delaney) |
The people who can't shake off coronavirus: 'Week nine and I'm exhausted and back to being bed bound'
An expert says a small but significant number of people are suffering from the 'long tail' form of the virus
Professor Brendan Delaney would often cycle up to 80 miles on a Sunday. But now a five-minute walk to the corner shop leaves him breathless and feeling wiped out.
He began suffering Covid-19 symptoms – fever, nausea and muscle aches – just before lockdown, on 15 March. Working one day a week as a GP and the rest in academia, he battled on working, from home, and after a fortnight he started feeling better.
But two weeks later his symptoms returned and he needed time off. The crushing fatigue means that now – nine weeks since he first got sick – he can still only manage working part-time.
"I'd describe my initial sickness as in the moderate category," the 57-year-old from London told i. "Someone who'd be monitored in the community but not sick enough to stay in hospital.
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