Not all people recover from Covid disease. Anyone who is still struggling with symptoms more than twelve weeks after an infection is considered a post-Covid patient – and may be able to apply for help.
According to a media report, the German pension insurance approved 1000 disability pensions for those affected by post-Covid in 2022. A total of 1088 reductions in earning capacity in connection with Covid-19 were approved for the first time last year, the “Rheinische Post” reported, citing a spokeswoman for the pension insurance company. 1000 of them were approved due to post-Covid. In 2021, there were 89 disability pensions in connection with corona infections, 13 of them due to post-Covid conditions.
Federal Minister of Health Karl Lauterbach promised more support services for people with long-term impairments after corona infections. He presented a long-Covid program that includes an information portal and 40 million euros in research funding.
Long-Covid refers to symptoms, some of which are severe, that persist after an acute phase of the disease of four weeks or then reappear. Post-Covid describes the clinical picture more than twelve weeks after a corona infection. At the end of last year, almost 335,000 people in medical practices were being treated with Post-Covid, according to the Central Institute for Statutory Health Insurance Physician Care (Zi) according to billing data.
Source: Stern
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