{"id":487904,"date":"2022-08-26T11:43:13","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T08:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/long-covid-costs-australia-millions-of-working-days\/"},"modified":"2022-08-26T11:43:13","modified_gmt":"2022-08-26T08:43:13","slug":"long-covid-costs-australia-millions-of-working-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/long-covid-costs-australia-millions-of-working-days\/","title":{"rendered":"#Long COVID costs Australia millions of working days"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a409e56190fd\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a409e56190fd\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/long-covid-costs-australia-millions-of-working-days\/#%E2%80%9CLong_COVID_costs_Australia_millions_of_working_days%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Long COVID costs Australia millions of working days&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CLong_COVID_costs_Australia_millions_of_working_days%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Long COVID costs Australia millions of working days&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/australia-is-facing-se.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2022\/australia-is-facing-se.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Australia is facing serious labour market constraints after its borders were closed to international arrivals for nearly two years during the pandemic.\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2022\/australia-is-facing-se.jpg\" alt=\"Australia is facing serious labour market constraints after its borders were closed to international arrivals for nearly two yea\" title=\"Australia is facing serious labour market constraints after its borders were closed to international arrivals for nearly two years during the pandemic.\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                Australia is facing serious labour market constraints after its borders were closed to international arrivals for nearly two years during the pandemic.<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Long COVID has already cost the Australian economy three million working days this year, according to a government analysis seen by AFP Friday, significantly worsening the country&#8217;s acute labor shortages.\n                                                <\/p>\n<p>                                                                                The treasury report found that lingering effects of the coronavirus have been keeping some 31,000 Australians away from work every day.<\/p>\n<p>Treasurer Jim Chalmers said Friday that Australia&#8217;s &#8220;labor market has been absolutely smashed by COVID, and Long COVID increasingly&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The thousands of workdays the economy is losing to Long COVID is just one part of a complex picture, and gives a sense of what we are all up against,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The treasury analysis defined Long COVID as someone experiencing symptoms four weeks or more after becoming infected.<\/p>\n<p>This mirrors how Long COVID is characterized by the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC), which lists a wide variety of respiratory, heart, digestive and even neurological symptoms.<\/p>\n<p>These include fatigue, heart palpitations, lightheadedness, stomach pain and difficulty concentrating\u2014known as &#8220;brain fog&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>A comprehensive study published in <i>The Lancet<\/i> this month found that one in eight people who get COVID develop at least one Long COVID symptom.<\/p>\n<p>The findings of the Australian treasury analysis were in line with this study\u2014with 12 percent of COVID-related absenteeism attributed to Long COVID.<\/p>\n<p>Australia is facing serious labor market constraints after its borders were closed to international arrivals for nearly two years during the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>The nation is experiencing the second-worst labor market shortage of any developed country, trailing only Canada, according to the OECD.<\/p>\n<p>This and other issues\u2014including years of stagnant wage growth\u2014will be the subject of a &#8220;jobs summit&#8221; the new Labor government plans to hold next week.<\/p>\n<p>Chalmers said challenges with skills shortages, wages and flatlining productivity would all be &#8220;front and center at the summit&#8221;.\n                                                                                                                        <\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<div class=\"article-main__explore my-4 d-print-none\">\n<p>                                                                                        Long COVID symptoms affects one in eight, study suggests\n                                                                                    <\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"mb-4\"\/>\n<p class=\"article-main__note mt-4\">\n                                                \u00a9 2022 AFP<\/p>\n<p>                                        <!-- print only --><\/p>\n<div class=\"d-none d-print-block\">\n<p>                                                 <strong>Citation<\/strong>:<br \/>\n                                                 Long COVID costs Australia millions of working days (2022, August 26)<br \/>\n                                                 retrieved 26 August 2022<br \/>\n                                                 from https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>\/2022-08-covid-australia-millions-days.html<\/p>\n<p>                                            This document is subject to copyright. 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