UK Says Long Covid May Explain Much of Spike in Inactivity Rate
- Study finds 217,000 inactive workers reported long-Covid
- Inactivity has risen by more than 600,000 since pandemic hit
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More than 200,000 Britons who left the UK labor market in the year to July reported suffering from long-Covid, official statistics show.
Analysis by the Office for National Statistics found a link between the virus and the soaring levels of workforce inactivity since the pandemic struck, which is posing severe economic problems for the UK.
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UK Says Long Covid May Explain Much of Spike in Inactivity Rate