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Dr Faghy is working with a team of partners to trial whether antiviral medication over a short period of time reduces the size of viral reservoirs and the severity of their symptoms.
Another group Dr Faghy is working with are children. He says “We don’t know the long-term effects on children and young people at the moment. The biggest thing for them is getting recognition. There were some public health messages during the pandemic that suggested that children can’t get Covid. We know that’s not the case, they’re just as likely to get a Covid infection as adults, in some cases more likely because they’re frequently around people.”

Following Covid in January, by February 2022 Jake had developed bad stomach pains, which his mother, as a doctor, could not understand. Not long afterwards, he began to develop a range of other debilitating and seemingly random symptoms, including dizziness, chest pains, night sweats, a face rash, peeling fingers, fatigue and diarrhoea.
Jake was seen by a private consultant in April 2022. "It was a relief to finally have it confirmed that Jay’s condition was caused by his original COVID-19 infection, after everything else had been ruled out,” says Neera. “With it, we would hopefully be taken more seriously, and not just dismissed as we had been by some professionals"

Jake O'Connell has had Covid-19 3 times. Jake went from being a typical, high energy boy to being exhausted and unable to go out. His symptoms include Paediatric Acute Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS) and new onset Coeliac disease.
"He was in pain and we didn't realise how bad it was for him" Paul says

We are delighted that our CEO and founder Sammie McFarland has been recognised as a Coronation Champion by His Majesty King Charles III and Queen Camilla.
Sammie said: “It’s a great honour. This will hopefully shine a light on Long Covid in children and our charity. We have been fighting so hard to raise awareness and this recognition is for all the hard work the team has been doing"

A 10-year-old girl has spoken about the pain of being hardly unable to walk and the "constant headaches" she suffers after developing serious complications from Covid.
Libby Harris, 10, from Penarth was a "very fit" and "sporty" young girl before she caught Covid-19 from her brother in February 2022.