Among the multitude of challenges brought by the COVID-19 pandemic, one is whether prolonged symptoms after COVID-19, also referred to as ‘long COVID’, should be considered an occupational disease. The All Party Parliamentary Group on Coronavirus recently put forward this proposition to the Prime Minister Boris Johnson [1], proposing a compensation scheme with the same attributes as the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (AFCS) [2]. The Industrial Injuries Advisory Council (IIAC) has issued an update indicating that at the present time, they are not recommending ‘proscribing’ COVID infection but continue to monitor the data from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) [3].

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COVID-19 感染后的长期症状是否应被视为职业病？

在 COVID-19 大流行带来的众多挑战中，一个是 COVID-19 之后的长期症状（也称为“长期 COVID”）是否应被视为一种职业病。冠状病毒问题全党议会小组最近向首相鲍里斯·约翰逊 [1] 提出了这一提议，提出了一项与武装部队赔偿计划 (AFCS) [2] 具有相同属性的赔偿计划。工业伤害咨询委员会 (IIAC) 已发布更新，表明目前他们不建议“禁止”COVID 感染，但会继续监控来自国家统计局 (ONS) 的数据 [3]。