For the latest Trafford news sign up to the MyTrafford newsletter here When Jessica Walsh started sneezing during her first week of university she didn't think she had Covid.
And she never dreamed her seemingly mild symptoms would end in her having to suspend her Fine Art degree for an entire year.
But within 24 hours Jessica, from Hale, had come down with a high temperature and extreme fatigue. Soon, she was spending up to 19 hours a day in bed.
Jessica, 20, whose symptoms began in mid-September, told the Manchester Evening News: "From then on I had really bad aches and pains in my shoulders, at the back of my neck and upper back. "I'd get hot and cold flushes and I slightly lost my sense of tase and smell. " Jessica's blood pressure was