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Sharifa developed Covid symptoms in 2021, and realised that she was feeling even worse after coming out of self-isolation. Sharifa lost her husband to Covid, and some of her daughters also have Long Covid. Sharifa was interviewed in July 2022.
Sharifa is a 48-year-old widow living with her seven daughters aged 27, 23, 21, 17, 16, 14 and 11, some of whom also have Long Covid. Ethnicity: British Pakistani.
Danie’s family caught Covid in February 2022. The children’s symptoms were pretty mild, and “after a day they were fine and back to normal.” One month later, however, Danie says that they noticed a mark on their daughter’s leg, which…
Danie is self-employed, married and has two children: a son aged two and a daughter aged six. Ethnicity: Black Caribbean.
Maryam’s whole household fell ill with Covid around November or December 2021. She tells us that her son was the first to become ill with Covid symptoms, with the rest of the family getting sick a few days afterwards. Everybody…
Maryam is her 30’s and a self-employed fitness instructor. She and her husband have four children between the ages of 7 to 13 years old. Ethnicity: British Pakistani.
Jana and her husband have two sons and a daughter; their elder son is doing GCSEs and their daughter her AS Levels. All three children caught Covid in September 2021, but her husband did not get sick. After recovery, all…
Jana lives with her husband and three children. Jana works full time in an office; her husband lost his job during the pandemic and now stays at home caring for...
Emma’s 11-year-old daughter, Freya, caught Covid in October 2021. She had a range of symptoms and still experiences severe fatigue, headache, and backache. For Emma the experience has been scary, but healthcare providers have been kind overall. Emma said that…
Emma lives with her partner and two daughters and works in the education sector. Ethnicity: White British.
Sasha’s daughter has been extremely unwell with a range of symptoms, including chest pain, left arm weakness, extreme sensory sensitivity, a rash, brain fog, loss of taste and smell, and inability to eat. Sasha has been providing her daughter with…
Sasha’s daughter is 10. She caught Covid in October 2021. Sasha has two other younger children and lives with her husband. She describes her ethnicity as White.
Beth’s primary school age daughter was “quite poorly” with Covid in March 2021, experiencing fatigue, breathlessness, and persistent coughing. She developed a secondary infection in her lungs and spent six months going back and forwards to the GP with repeated…
Beth and her husband have two daughters and live on the Isle of Man. Their primary school-aged daughter caught Covid in March 2021 and is being treated for Long Covid...
Lindsey, her wife and child caught Covid while on a cruise ship in Australia in March 2020. On returning home to the UK, Lindsey experienced fatigue and a burning sensation at the back of her nose for two or three…
Lindsey was a teacher and lives with her wife and four-year-old son, who was two years old when all three of them had Covid at the start of the pandemic...
Emma’s elder daughter developed leg pain (in her hips, knees, and ankles) a couple of weeks after having Covid in January 2022. Tests have not shown any cause for her pain, but Emma believes it may be due to reactive…
Emma is a part-time lecturer, married, with two daughters aged 8 and 10. Ethnicity: White British.
Deidre’s daughter caught Covid in November 2021. She lost her sense of taste and smell throughout her Covid infection and found eating difficult – her sense of taste and smell has still not returned four months on, and she has…
Deidre is married with 6 children aged 23, 21, 19, 10, 9 and 5. Deidre is a child minder who runs her own business with three staff, and her husband...
