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The distance and hygiene rules due to the corona pandemic and the limited contact options have significantly reduced the sick leave at the beginning of the year.
At Techniker Krankenkasse (TK), the sickness rate of the insured labor force fell to 3.8 percent in the first quarter, the lowest level in 13 years.
In the first quarter of the Corona year 2020, the sickness rate was 5.1 percent, in 2019 it was 4.8 percent and in 2018 it was 5.2 percent.
TK boss Jens Baas said on Monday: »The number of days absent has decreased in almost all diagnoses, especially colds.
There was also no flu epidemic, which usually leads to an increased sick leave every two years in February. "It shows that" the distance and hygiene rules as well as the limited contact options also prevent the spread of other infectious agents. "
The diagnosis Covid-19 therefore still plays a subordinate role in the sick leave of the employed compared to the other diagnoses.
Overall, TK recorded 1.08 million sick leave in the first quarter - 9381 of them due to Corona.
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