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Long Covid clinic for children to open in Royal Manchester Children's Hospital

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Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox Royal Manchester Children's Hospital will be one of 15 new paediatric hubs across the country as part of a £70m scheme to tackle long Covid in youngsters.

More than one million people are reported to have suffered long Covid, with patients typically reporting respiratory problems and fatigue, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

An ONS survey suggests about one in five people in the UK have symptoms of 'long Covid' five weeks after an initial infection and one-in-seven after twelve weeks. READ MORE: Latest Covid infection rates for Greater Manchester Many of them are children and young people.

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