'It’s a massive, massive worry': Nurse with long covid to lose sick pay this month

The nurse was working on a busy covid ward in January 2021 when she caught the virus. 'It was scary, it was awful, covid was rampant in the hospital.'

A Cork nurse who developed long covid at work more than three years ago said the end of a special sick leave scheme was “a massive massive worry” as she remains unable to work.

A special leave with pay scheme has been in place since July 2022 for public healthcare workers with long covid but this is set to finish at the end of this month.