'I've been blown up, stabbed and shot at...but long Covid is worse'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA former war correspondent said he suffered so badly with long Covid he attempted to take his own life. Former journalist and bestselling military author Antony Loveless, 55, says long Covid 'stole everything' that he and his wife 'hold dear'.
He said he and his partner Claire Hooper, 53, were so physically fit before the pandemic they thought they would 'bit a bit ill for a week' if they caught Covid.
But this wasn’t the case, and the virus hit them hard at the start of 2021. Antony said their symptoms were so bad that 'we thought we wouldn’t wake up in the morning.
We thought we’d die in the night'. By that summer, he says he tried to take his own life as he 'couldn't see a way out' of the nightmarish after effects of the illness. READ MORE: What went wrong at scandal-hit Greater Manchester mental health unit where patients were allegedly abused The Office for National Statistics estimates there are around two million people in the UK suffering from long Covid as a result of the pandemic.
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