The data, corresponding to January 5, has been communicated by the Basque mutual and is, for now, the only data available, since neither Osakidetza nor Social Security take stock.
21 525 people were on sick leave due to covid-19 on January 5 in the Basque Country, according to estimates made by Mutualia. The Basque mutual has updated data on sick leave on Tuesday, both those corresponding to the virus and other diseases or causes. This is the only data available, since neither Osakidetza nor Social Security take stock.
Mutualia On the eve of Kings 9,471 workers were sick and registered between January 1 and 5, 3762 sick leave. Extrapolating these data to the Basque Country, the mutual estimates that at the beginning of the year there were more than 21,500 people unable to go to work due to the coronavirus.
As Natxo Lekunberri, manager of the mutual, has highlighted, this is “unprecedented” data. For a sample, several data: in October, there were 4,200 casualties in the Basque Country; in November they multiplied by three, until they exceeded 12,800 and this past December they reached 31,900.
This situation is affecting all sectors, both public and private. In EducationFor example, the Department headed by Jokin Bildarratz has made 1,350 replacements in two days after the return from the Christmas holidays. The Bilbao City Council He is also “concerned” about the incidence of casualties in the Local Police and Firefighters, who are currently supplying professionals from these two fields.
The president of Confebask, Eduardo Zubiaurre, has considered that the high number of casualties is “a great problem” for the production and management of the companies, and that others such as “the increase in prices, the cost of energy or problems with supplies “.
In Zubiaurre’s opinion, it is the small business that is suffering the most, “because missing a person when there are few of them is a very complicated problem.”
“When the losses are long, they are easier to replace, but it is not easy in the face of a five-day loss. Therefore, what companies are doing is adapting and meeting their needs,” he explained.
Regarding the staff autonomous, the incidence of COVID-19 casualties is half that of employed personnel. As explained by the president of ATA Euskadi, Eduardo García, “some have the business closed and others cannot directly afford it.”
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