"The report, Covid-19: An Occupational Disease – Where frontline workers are best protected, analyses and ranks the levels of worker compensation, social security programmes and public health systems. It includes 124 countries, as well as 37 US states, 13 Canadian provinces and territories, and seven Australian states. The top five countries in the report were Argentina, followed by Austria, Sweden, France, and Spain. The overall top ten rated jurisdictions in the study represent only 2% of the world's working population. Just over half (98 jurisdictions) recognise Covid-19 as an occupational disease through a formal regulatory process, enabling people who have contracted coronavirus at work access to social protections and entitlements—such as sick pay, medical care, and wage replacement—that would otherwise be denied. This recognition is particularly important for workers who suffer from long-COVID and other ongoing complications from the disease"

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