Up to 2,000 cancer cases may have been missed because of Covid-19

Risteárd Ó Laoide, the head of the HSE's National Cancer Control Programme, said anyone who has any worry about cancer should come forward, as they will be seen. Picture: Marc O'Sullivan

Public health chiefs fear that up to 2,000 cancer diagnoses have been missed this year as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The figures to date show that about 90% of cases have been diagnosed this year compared to 2019.