Millions of people around the world are living with long Covid — yet it remains something of a puzzle

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The group had stopped taking new orders to preserve value for the company’s creditors. Its website does not work, Gadgetinku with shoppers being told: ‘Sit tight, we’ll be back soon. We’re making some important updates to improve your shopping experience.’ 

Explaining the popularity of pressure cookers for hard-pressed modern homeowners, a John Lewis spokesman said: ‘The cooking method often used by our parents and grandparents to tenderise cheaper cuts of meat is once again popular as thrifty, time-poor cooks rediscover the time and fuel-saving benefits of these marvellous machines.’

And the vast majority suffered only a mild initial Covid infection, not requiring hospitalisation. But for almost all who experience it — ‘long-haulers’, as they are sometimes called — the illness impairs every aspect of life.

Simon Deakin, a professor of Law at the University of Cambridge, said if 100 or more employees are sacked within a period of 90 days, the Business Secretary must be notified 45 days before the first dismissal.

Mr Clancy described the situation as the «digital P&O» — in reference to the shipping company, which was widely condemned after it sacked nearly 800 crew members without notice in March and replaced them with cheaper agency workers.

The drugs work by blocking the activity of histamine, a chemical released by the immune system. In some people, production can go haywire in response to certain substances — such as pollen — triggering unwanted symptoms.

Staff have been told that everyone received an email by 9am PST (4pm GMT) on Friday, with those who are affected by the cuts set to receive the message on their personal email address rather than the one associated with their work.

Histamine is produced by immune system cells called mast cells — which are thought to become over-active in some people after Covid infection. In theory, by dampening this activity, the symptoms of long Covid could be reduced.

It’s important to say there is a paucity of scientific evidence in this area.

Before NHS doctors can recommend treatment, they need to have gone through large controlled clinical trials. No specific long Covid therapy has met this bar, so far.

Research by the insurance firm Aviva predicts a 113 per cent increase by the end of the year in adults who own a ‘sleeved blanket’ that can be worn like a robe, while owners of electric blankets could be up by 89 per cent.

There is also expected to be a 33 per cent spike in sales of hot water bottles — and a suggestion that people could even be saving money by making their own clothes, with those owning sewing machines forecast to rise by 60 per cent.

Musk is thought to want to drastically reduce costs at the company after completing his 44 billion dollar (£39 billion) takeover of the platform last week, since tweeting «we need to pay the bills somehow».

Twitter employee Simon Balmain told Sky News: «Late last night we all received an email saying there is going to be a large reduction in headcount and the email stated that if we would be laid off, it would go to our personal email and if not to our work email.

Previously, he was chairman the Oxford Foundry advisory board from its inception, chaired Karakuri, and The Royal Foundation Taskforce on the Prevention of Cyberbullying for The Duke of Cambridge, and further former board roles include TalkTalk, TimeOut, The Guardian Media Group, Shazam Entertainment, Eton College, Imperial College Innovation Fund and The Economist.

The condition affects multiple organs and bodily systems, causing a huge variety of problems to varying degrees of severity and duration. Crucially, they vary from person to person, and are not likely to be consistent — they can come and go.

However, modern ones are far easier and safer to use and many have automated settings. The manufacturer Crockpot estimates that an electrical pressure cooker generally uses around 500W to cook an average stew in just 21 minutes, compared with 205 minutes to cook the same meal using around 3,000W in a conventional oven. 

«I hope that you will agree with me that the Government must make it clear to Twitter’s new owners a digital P&O would not be acceptable and that no-one is above the law in the UK, including big tech barons.»

But anxiety about whether they were safe to use — and the advent of the microwave — made them fall out of favour.

Simply opening up a scalding metal pan filled with high-pressure steam was something of a lottery — with many fearing the lid would explode across the kitchen.

The firm’s troubles coincide with a difficult period for the UK economy, with the Resolution Foundation think-tank warning the Office for Budget Responsibility could predict a recession next year, with GDP forecasts cut by up to 4 per cent by the end of 2024.