Deprived fifth more likely to develop Covid

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Long Covid more than twice as likely for people from deprived areas

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3.2% of the most deprived 20% developed the condition, compared to 1.54% in the highest fifth .

Researchers put the disparity down to the fact that this group were far more likely to have had front line jobs and were less likely to be able to take time out to rest when they contracted the virus.

Women are more 10% more susceptible than men to develop long Covid than men.

35 to 65-year-old ’s are the age group most likely to get the condition.

“So-called key workers’ who were our saviours during the early part of the pandemic, as well as people working on temporary, sometimes zero-hour ’ contracts, were consistently those most at risk of exposure to infection, pre-vaccine, often with inadequate respiratory PPE . This group, often lower wage-earners and in public-facing jobs, also suffered from the lack of government financial support to isolate from work along with the poor level of support from statutory sick pay,” he said..

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