Get the M.E.N.'s Manchester Family newsletter for all the latest from back to school news to ways to entertain the kids More than a third of school staff and one in 10 secondary pupils who've had Covid have suffered ongoing symptoms, new figures have revealed.
The Schools Infection Survey was set up to monitor the prevalence of Covid infection and presence of antibodies among pupils and staff within a sample of schools in England.
It found that a number reported experiencing ongoing symptoms more than four weeks from the start of their infection. Of those experiencing ongoing symptoms, the most common symptom reported was ‘weakness/tiredness’ by both staff (59.6%) and pupils (46.3%).