Claim: 400,000 people in the UK are living with long Covid.
Fact-check: Evidence doesn't show 400,000 people have long Covid 'right now' - Full Fact
Verdict: this is not accurate. this estimate is based on a small sample size, and assumes everyone who has ever had long covid still does.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Pippa Allen-Kinross
Date published: 2021-02-15T00:00:00