Currently, more than 1 in 5 people in hospital with Covid are aged 18 to 34.
Watch A&E doctor, Dr Emeka Okorocha discuss this and Long Covid.
“My advice to anyone is to get the vaccine” - Young COVID patients share their experiences
Also, lived experiences of young people struggling with Long Covid, including Quincy Dwamena, 31 year old man, with no underlying health issues. Quincy spent two weeks in hospital with Covid after putting off getting the vaccine, he said: “I thought I was going to die. My advice is to get the vaccine: don’t put yourself and others at risk, I wish I’d got mine as soon as it was offered.”