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22-08-2024, 09:33 AM
The World Health Organization defines long COVID as “the continuation or development of new symptoms three months after the initial SARS-CoV-2 infection, with these symptoms lasting for at least two months with no other explanation.”
Common symptoms include coughing, breathlessness, fatigue, disturbed sleep and taste disorders.
Okayama University Prof. Fumio Otsuka interviewed patients who visited Okayama University Hospital for long COVID during the last two years through December. Otsuka found of the 545 patients who had been working, 220 — or 40.4% — had to take sick leave from their jobs and 53 — or 9.7% — had to resign.
https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/...22-206409/
Common symptoms include coughing, breathlessness, fatigue, disturbed sleep and taste disorders.
Okayama University Prof. Fumio Otsuka interviewed patients who visited Okayama University Hospital for long COVID during the last two years through December. Otsuka found of the 545 patients who had been working, 220 — or 40.4% — had to take sick leave from their jobs and 53 — or 9.7% — had to resign.
https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/...22-206409/
