We examined respiratory disease short-term disability claims submitted to the Mexican Social Security Institute during 2020. A total of 1,631,587 claims were submitted by 19.1 million insured workers. Cumulative incidence (8.5%) was 3.6 times higher than that for January 2015‒December-2019. Workers in healthcare, social assistance, self-service, and retail stores were disproportionately affected.
Keywords: COVID-19; Mexico; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus disease; coronaviruses; disability claims; healthcare; occupational health; private sector; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus; syndromic surveillance; viruses; workforce; zoonoses.