Long COVID inflicted a significant economic burden on Australia in 2022 and 2023 according to a paper published in the Medical Journal of Australia by a team of researchers from the University of Tasmania’s Menzies Institute for Medical Research, and from Deakin University.
The team, led by Menzies Professor Martin Hensher, used modelling and labour market statistics to identify the estimated economic burden of Long COVID, and its likely impact on employment.
Professor Hensher said that last year tens of thousands of Australians were still suffering from Long COVID and it had severely limited their activities.
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