Is COVID-19 a disability? Most of you reading this will be
thinking, ‘surely not'. Whilst COVID-19 is
of course a terrible disease, it affects people in different ways,
some people will be entirely asymptomatic, some people will feel
mildly unwell, others will be very unwell but will recover within a
few weeks and sadly there are many people who do not recover at
all.
A person disabled under the Equality Act 2010 if you have a
physical or mental impairment that has a ‘substantial'
and ‘long-term' negative effect on your ability to do
normal daily activities.
There are a group of people who have survived (even relatively
mild) COVID-19 infection but who are experiencing shortness of
breath, fatigue, cognitive issues, erratic heartbeat,
gastrointestinal issues, low-grade fever, intolerance to physical
or mental activity, and muscle and joint pains.
