Long covid an 'ongoing and active issue' in Ireland with 200 symptoms

365 people are currently in Irish hospitals with covid-19, including 11 in intensive care units

Up to Monday in Ireland, there were 365 people in hospitals with covid-19, including eleven in intensive care units. Cases continue to come in waves, although at a lower rate than previously.

A leading clinic for long covid is now regularly discharging patients, often after one year of treatment, but new patients are still being referred in, said Professor Seamus Linnane.

A small number of patients attending the Beacon Hospital long covid clinic have been ill since early 2020, but international research indicating a trend towards a one-year duration of the condition is also being seen here.