Long Covid could cost the economy billions every year
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Working days lost to long Covid could be costing the economy billions of pounds every year, as patients struggle to cope with symptoms and return to work, according to a new study involving the University of Southampton.
The research, published in BMJ Open and funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), examined the impact of long Covid on over four thousand patients who were referred to a long Covid clinic and registered in the Living With Covid Recovery (LWCR) programme between August 2020 and August 2022.
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