澳大利亚2022年长期COVID因工作时间损失而损失9.6亿澳元,占经济增长增长的四分之一。 2022 long COVID in Australia cost $9.6bn due to lost working hours and accounted for a quarter of economic growth increase.

澳大利亚国立大学、南威尔士大学和墨尔本大学的一项研究估计,由于工作时间损失,澳大利亚2022年COVID长期损失9.6亿澳元,占国家经济增长增长的四分之一。 A study by the Australian National University, UNSW, and the University of Melbourne estimates long COVID cost Australia $9.6bn in 2022 due to lost working hours, accounting for a quarter of the nation's economic growth increase. 2022年有9,900人死于COVID-19,9月310,000-1.3m人患有长期COVID,预计到2022年底,这一数字将降至173-873,000人. 9,900 people died from COVID-19 in 2022, and between 310,000-1.3m people were living with long COVID in Sept, with numbers expected to decrease to 173-873,000 by the end of 2022. 研究报告建议把长期的COVID作为一个公共卫生优先事项加以处理,并建议扩大使用助推器和抗病毒器的机会,以减少其影响。 The study suggests addressing long COVID as a public health priority and recommends widening access to boosters and antivirals to reduce its impact.