Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 23 February 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Vitamin D and Covid-19: Covit-D Consortium

Dr. Daniel McCartney:

If I may also reply to Deputy Cullinane, the other group that could really benefit from vitamin D supplementation is our front-line healthcare workers. There are several reasons for that. First, there is data to show they have lower levels of vitamin D than the rest of the population. Second, they will comply with the recommendations because, being healthcare workers, they see the value of doing that. Third, they have a very high occupational risk through their contact with people who have Covid-19 infection. For all those reasons, we view front-line healthcare professionals as a particularly useful group to supplement with free vitamin D.

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