By James Robinson for MailOnlinePublished: 07:42 EDT, 29 March 2021 | Updated: 07:57 EDT, 29 March 2021Police are today becoming 'increasingly concerned' for a university student with sickle cell disease who has not been in a week. Student Richard Okorogheye, 19, said he was 'struggling to cope' with university and had been shielding during lockdown, according to his mother Evidence JoelWhat is sickle cell disease? Sickle cell disease is a serious and lifelong health condition in which sufferers have unusually shaped red blood cells. Sickle cell disease varies between individuals from mild to serious, but most people with it lead happy and normal lives. 'If you may have seen Richard, please contact police.

Source: The Nation March 29, 2021 12:00 UTC