UK Data Suggests ‘Long COVID’ Less Common Than Feared

UK Data Suggests ‘Long COVID’ Less Common Than Feared
A commuter wears a mask as he sits in a bus shelter with NHS signage promoting "Stay Home, Save Lives" in Chinatown, central London, UK, on Jan. 8, 2021. Tolga Akmen /AFP via Getty Images
Lily Zhou
Updated:

The prevalence of so-called “long-COVID” in the UK is less common than previously estimated, official data suggests.

According to an update published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on Thursday, only 3 percent of people who tested positive for the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus had symptoms lasting more than 12 weeks, “substantially lower” than the ONS' previous estimation published in April (13.7 percent).
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