Luke MacLean-McMahon was 31 and in the shape of his life before being hit by Covid-19.

Nearly 19 months later he can't do the sports and exercise he used to love, after the disease damaged his heart and caused a host of other health problems.

He'd dismissed the early media reports of a virus spreading from China as overly hyped. Besides, the advice was that for most people it would be a mild illness.

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