Covid-19: Nurses and midwives employees most affected by virus

'Nurses continue to be the largest group of healthcare workers infected with the virus,' an INMO spokesperson said.

Nurses and midwives were the employees most affected by Covid-19 up to November, according to the Central Statistics Office.

Despite only making up 2% of all employees in the April 2016 census, they accounted for up 6% of cases.