Living with Long Covid - with Dan Walker and Ruth Liptrot

What do we really know when it comes to living with long Covid? In this third episode, hosts Dan Walker and Ruth Liptrot talk to Toria Maze, a "long-hauler" who first got infected with Covid in March 2020, and recovery expert Suzy Bolt, to find out about the realities of living with long Covid and ways to get better.

Living with Long Covid - with Dan Walker and Ruth Liptrot is a Channel 5 News original podcast, produced by Katie Goodman and Silvia Maresca.

Having long Covid can be a lonely place, particularly if you are a child, or the parent of a child who is seriously struggling. In the second episode, hosts Dan Walker and Ruth Liptrot talk to two long Covid mums, Sammie McFarland and Jana Touati Mikusova, about their experience.

Living with Long Covid - with Dan Walker and Ruth Liptrot is a Channel 5 News original podcast, produced by Katie Goodman and Silvia Maresca.

Nearly three years into the pandemic, what do we know about long Covid, its symptoms and treatments? In the first episode, hosts Dan Walker and Ruth Liptrot talk to Professor Danny Altman and Gez Medinger, a doctor and a patient who joined forces to write "The Long Covid Handbook", to find out.

Living with Long Covid - with Dan Walker and Ruth Liptrot is a Channel 5 News original podcast, produced by Katie Goodman and Silvia Maresca.

Over 2.1 million people in the UK are thought to be living with long Covid, the highest figure since official surveys began. But almost three years into the pandemic, there is still a struggle to be seen by specialist clinics, and a lack of understanding of the condition, its symptoms and cures.

So what do we really know when it comes to dealing with long Covid?

In this 3-part series, hosts Dan Walker and Ruth Liptrot, who herself has suffered with long Covid for nearly two years, speak to people affected and experts to see where we're at with understanding the condition, and helping those living with it towards recovery.

Living with Long Covid - with Dan Walker and Ruth Liptrot is a Channel 5 News original podcast, produced by Katie Goodman and Silvia Maresca.