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Many patients do not return to work because of post-COVID-19 health impacts

The Financial Times on April 12 reported that most of the more than 100 million people worldwide who have recovered from COVID-19 are suffering severe health impacts and many have not been able to return to work. It is forecasted that more people will fall into the same situation, thereby leading to the risk of labor shortage.

The research team at the University of Leicester (UK) collected information on 1,170 people who were hospitalized with COVID-19 between March and November 2020. Thereby, they found that 17% of these people did not return to work after being cured and discharged from the hospital for 5 months; 19% change jobs due to health-related impacts post-COVID-19. In addition, 25% of businesses in the UK said that the effects of this disease are the main cause of long-term absenteeism.

The Brookings Institution in the US also recorded a similar situation. Accordingly, this policy research institute said that as of November 2021, 15% of the total 1,060,000 job positions are in need of personnel to replace workers who are absent due to poor health after COVID- 19. This means more than 1.5 million people are not returning to work due to health concerns. According to experts, the post-COVID-19 impacts could become the leading cause of the most severe labor shortage in history.

On April 5, US President Joe Biden called on the National Institutes of Health to conduct national research on the post-COVID-19 impacts as well as protect the rights of workers with health problems. health after contracting this disease.

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