Long Covid leaves 31,000 calling in sick every day
An estimated 31,000 Australian workers are calling in sick every day because of the debilitating symptoms of long-Covid.
Long Covid is causing more than 30,000 Australians per day to call in sick.
Treasury data given to News Corp papers show 12 per cent of the labour force is staying home sick because of the long term after effects of the virus.
It comes as NSW and Victoria report a combined 8580 cases of coronavirus, with 5645 and 2935 new infections respectively.
NSW reported 1780 people in hospital with the virus while Victoria reported 386.
Victoria reported 25 deaths of people infected with Covid-19, NSW reported 22.
Meanwhile, Treasurer Jim Chalmers flagged tackling the impact of long-Covid will be on the table at next week’s jobs summit.
“Covid is having a long-term impact on the productivity of our workforce,” Chalmers told News Corp.
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet is pushing to shrink the required seven-day isolation period to five days for people who test positive for Covid.
Perrottet plans to bring it up at next week’s national cabinet meeting with his state, territory and federal counterparts.
