Monthly vaccine doses will be offered to long Covid sufferers to help more than 1million Britons beat the illness
- Thousands of long Covid sufferers are set to be offered monthly vaccine doses
- It comes as over one million Britons are believed to be suffering from long Covid
- Studies suggested 400,000 Britons have had symptoms for more than a year
Thousands of long Covid sufferers are set to be offered monthly vaccine doses in an effort to beat the debilitating illness – after reports that patients can make a dramatic recovery after a jab.
More than one million Britons are said to be suffering from long Covid, with studies suggesting 400,000 have been hit by symptoms for more than a year.
This will be the first drug trial of a long Covid treatment.
Thousands of long Covid sufferers are set to be offered monthly vaccine doses after reports that patients can make a dramatic recovery after a jab (file photo)
Share this article
In the first stage of the landmark study, severely affected patients will be offered two additional vaccine doses.
Dr David Strain of Exeter University, who will lead the trial, has surveyed more than 900 long Covid patients, of whom more than half saw their symptoms improve after the first dose.
Dr Strain said: 'Many patients saw a dramatic improvement within days of their jab.
'Their fatigue disappeared. They were able to walk further without feeling breathlessness.'
