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Long Covid is expensive

2025-12-03 19:38:46.494781+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

Long COVID takes $1 trillion global economic toll each year, analysis suggests

A brief communication published last week in NPJ Primary Care Respiratory Medicine outlines the substantial economic burden of long COVID worldwide, estimating that persistent symptoms after COVID infection cost the global economy roughly $1 trillion each year, or roughly 1% of global gross domestic product.

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