Sign up for our daily newsletter to get the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox A super-fit triathlete says having coronavirus saved her life when a sore throat she would normally have ignored lingered for weeks.
Jemma Falloon, a sales development officer, tested positive for Covid in October 2020. A month later, The 41-year-old, from Ellesmere Port, was still experiencing had a sore throat, back pain and had found blood in her urine.
She believed the symptoms were signs of long Covid - which develops during or following the virus and can continue for more than 12 week. READ MORE: In a world of vaccine misinformation, one maternity unit in Greater Manchester is giving pregnant women the facts But following tests in December