Nurse tells Covid Committee she was 'bed-bound with headaches' after infection

Frontline nurse Siobhan Murphy, one of 2,711 nurses infected by Covid-19, spoke of the severe side effects following infection, which left her with fatigue and out of work for the past 12 weeks.

The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) must be given the power to investigate the high Covid-19 infection rate among healthcare staff, the Oireachtas Committee on Covid-19 heard today.

The committee heard from trade unions representing healthcare workers about high exposure rates to Covid-19, which has led to more than 8,300 healthcare staff contracting the virus to date.