Up to one in five people who got Covid developed long Covid with symptoms like fatigue and respiratory problems lasting longer than 12 weeks, the HSE has revealed.
One of the HSE’s national directors, Dr Siobhan Ni Bhriain, said that they are discovering that between 10% and 20% of people who got Covid suffered for more than three months.
Health chiefs were before the Oireachtas health committee on Wednesday afternoon where they also told shocked TDs and Senators that the average waiting time for patients with long Covid to see an expert is five months.
