The Lancet regional health. Europe

Long COVID symptoms, work participation, and hours worked in adults in England

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Abstract

Long COVID may impair workforce retention and working hours.

  • Long COVID is associated with ongoing symptoms affecting multiple body systems after COVID-19 infection.
  • The impact of Long COVID on the ability to maintain employment is uncertain.
  • There is a need to clarify how Long COVID influences workforce participation.

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PE, HW, CDG and VG declare that the work on this manuscript was funded by grants to Imperial College London from the National Institute for Health & Social Care Research and the UK Research and Innovation Research. HW received travel costs and speakers’ fees from BioNTech. All other authors declare no competing interests.
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