How living with Cystic Fibrosis made Covid-19 'scarier' for this Cork woman

From a fright at the height of the crisis, to a new lease on life with a new treatment, Laragh FitzGerald refuses to be limited by the condition

Laragh FitzGerald, a 27-year-old from Crosshaven, Cork, was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis when she was seven.

It was a Friday evening after work in March 2020, Covid-19 had just struck and Laragh FitzGerald’s flatmates were worried.

The 27-year-old Cork woman has cystic fibrosis (CF) and – chatting in the kitchen of their small apartment in Clapham Town, South London – Stan and Katie explained how scared they were of catching Covid and infecting her.