A third of people with long Covid developed it after Omicron infection 

In Ireland and other EU countries, long Covid is defined as symptoms continuing for more than 12 weeks after the initial infection.

Over one-third of people with long Covid in the UK developed it after an Omicron infection, the latest government data shows. 

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) also found more than one in five long Covid patients have been sick for at least two years.