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Long Covid and work

We explore the impact long Covid is having on people's working lives and what's being done in Spain to investigate and treat the condition.

Over a million people in Spain are thought to have long Covid. In this episode of Business Daily Ashish Sharma finds out how the condition is affecting working lives and the wider economy. He also examines the long Covid research projects being undertaken in Spain and how they're funded.

Long Covid patients Blanca Helga and Maria Angeles discuss their symptoms and the work they're lost since having the condition. Beatriz Fernandez, who herself has long Covid, tells Ashish about a long Covid platform and support group she runs and what she's learnt from it.

Maria Jesus Arranz, a geneticist who runs the long Covid research programme at the University Hospital Mutua Terrassa tells us about her work and Carlos Esquivias, the head of Life & Pensions at the Spanish Association of Insurers, UNESPA, tells us how long Covid and Covid in general continues to impact the Spanish economy.

Producer / presenter: Ashish Sharma
Image: Blanca Helga; Credit: Blanca Helga

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18 minutes

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Thu 19 Jan 2023 08:32GMT

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  • Thu 19 Jan 2023 08:32GMT

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