LCK In The News

"A 10-year-old schoolboy has been left in a wheelchair after developing a mystery illness, thought to be Long Covid.

Jacob Parish, 10, from New Waltham, has not been at school since March as he awaits a formal diagnosis for the condition which has left him unable to walk.

Mum, Victoria Parish, believes he might have Postural Tachycardia Syndrome (PoTs) trigged by Long Covid."

"The United Kingdom is taking a cautious approach toward vaccinating young people, a stark contrast from the United States, where more than 5 million children under 18 are fully vaccinated. CNN's Phil Black has more."

"Children as young as 13 have revealed their struggles with Long Covid as they called for better treatment to manage the debilitating condition.

At least one million people have Long Covid in the UK, according to the Office of National Statistics.

And around 7.4 per cent of those cases are among children aged 2-11, with another 8.2 per cent aged from 12 to 16."

"For months, parents have been campaigning for long Covid to be recognised in children – and slowly but surely, things are changing.

Fifteen specialist long Covid clinics for children and young people are going to be opened across England, the NHS has revealed, as part of a £100 million expansion of care for those suffering from the condition."

"Liliana Jackson’s Covid symptoms became so severe last year, she faced Christmas Day in A&E.

But instead of being treated with sympathy and understanding by the doctors she met that day, the 16-year-old was told “there’s no such thing as long Covid in children”.

Eight-year-old Dylan had a similar experience after contracting the virus early last year.

He became ill with Covid in February, with stomach pains, night sweats, bone ache, and headaches, among with a plethora of other symptoms, but things did not improve for Dylan, and after three weeks, his symptoms had become more severe."