Long COVID keeps millions of Americans out of work: report

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Long COVID keeps millions of Americans out of work: report

STORY: Long COVID keeps millions of Americans out of work: report DATELINE: Sept. 6, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:35 LOCATION: NEW YORK, U.S. CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): XIA LIN, Xinhua correspondent 2. various of the street view in New York City 3. various of media reports STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): XIA LIN, Xinhua correspondent "Long COVID is keeping 4 million people out of work in the United States. At least 170 billion U.S. dollars is estimated in lost wages a year. This is a significant economic burden at a time when the cost of living is rising steeply, Forbes recently cited a Brookings report. Around 8 percent of working-age Americans, or 16.3 million people, currently have long COVID. Officially estimated, as many as 7 million to 23 million people are impacted by long COVID. According to a July 2021 study, about 27 percent of long COVID patients worked as many hours as they did before falling ill. As a direct result of long COVID, approximately 23 percent weren't working at all.

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