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Covid-19: Recognise long covid as occupational disease and compensate frontline workers, say MPs

Matthew Limb

2021BMJ13 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

Recognise long covid as occupational disease and compensate frontline workers, say MPs Matthew LimbMPs have stepped up pressure on ministers to recognise "long covid" as an occupational disease and to compensate frontline health and other key workers living with its "debilitating" effects.

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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)LivelihoodPandemic2019-20 coronavirus outbreakCompensation (psychology)Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)PaymentMedicinePublic healthBusinessPolitical scienceVirologyDiseaseNursingPsychologyHistoryPathologyInfectious disease (medical specialty)Social psychologyFinanceAgricultureOutbreakArchaeologyHealthcare Systems and Challenges