Employee Benefits 17th December 2020 8:26 pm 18th December 2020 9:38 am By Colin Hawes, Head of Claims , Generali UK Employee Benefits The Coronavirus pandemic currently sweeping the globe may in fact constitute a second and more long term illness to follow in its wake, according to recent research. Long Covid is a term being increasingly used to describe illness in people who have recovered from Covid-19 but are still reporting lasting effects of the infection; which present similarly to Post-Viral Fatigue Syndrome (PVFS). Here, we examine the symptoms, impact and what you as an employer can do to help your people. Viral infections have previously been linked with long term health implications, so this phenomenon is not a new one. After the SARS outbreak of 2002 a study in Canada found some of those who had been infected were still suffering fatigue, muscle weakness and sleep issues up to three years later and had not been able to return to work for an average of 19-months after their initial infection.