People with asthma avoiding hospitals due to Covid-19 fear

Jenny Curran, originally from Wicklow, has a rare form of severe asthma known as brittle asthma. She is taking part in the Love your Lungs challenge this week to raise funds for research into asthma. Picture: Moya Nolan

Asthmatics are still avoiding hospitals due to a fear of catching Covid-19, with some people going without emergency medical help during asthma attacks. 

Interim chief executive of the Asthma Society of Ireland Sarah O’Connor said asthmatics understand what it means to struggle to breathe, so the reaction to the Covid-19 pandemic was quite extreme.