[Translated from French]

Two months after contracting COVID-19, Beth Wood found that she had trouble concentrating, was easily irritable and still tired. While it is among the 3.5 million Canadians with long-term COVID according to Statistics Canada, access to disability benefits remains complex.

Beth Wood has been a social worker for forty years. Although the boss of the community centre where she works in Halifax offered her support to resume her work, she feels that she is constantly swimming against the current.

She is now considering applying for a long-term disability benefit, but she is concerned that the road is long.