Washington, Aug 28 (Ians) Long Covid is keeping as many as 4 million full-time employees out of work in the US and the annual cost of those lost wages alone is around 170 billion a year (and potentially as high as 230 billion), a new report has revealed.
According to non-profit Brookings Institution, if long Covid patients don’t begin recovering at greater rates, the economic burden will continue to rise for the US.
“To give a sense of the magnitude: If the long Covid population increases by just 10 per cent each year, in 10 years, the annual cost of lost wages will be half a trillion dollars,” the report warned.
A latest study published in The Lancet found that 22 per cent of people with long Covid were unable to work due to ill health, and another 45 per cent had to reduce hours worked.
“Since this report focuses on working-age Americans, we will use that...
According to non-profit Brookings Institution, if long Covid patients don’t begin recovering at greater rates, the economic burden will continue to rise for the US.
“To give a sense of the magnitude: If the long Covid population increases by just 10 per cent each year, in 10 years, the annual cost of lost wages will be half a trillion dollars,” the report warned.
A latest study published in The Lancet found that 22 per cent of people with long Covid were unable to work due to ill health, and another 45 per cent had to reduce hours worked.
“Since this report focuses on working-age Americans, we will use that...
- 8/28/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
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