Long Covid-19 will be 'burden' on health system into next year

Aoife Moore, 38, who suffers from symptoms of long Covid, one year after first contracting the virus. Picture: Aoife Moore/PA Wire

Long Covid-19 is likely to be a "burden" on the Irish health system well into next year, as case numbers continue to rise, a consultant working with these patients has warned.

Dr Seamus Linnane, respiratory consultant with the Beacon Hospital, said he is treating patients now who caught Covid-19 in April of last year, during the first wave of infections.