Dr. Ronan Glynn:

The incidence in children up to about 12 years is thought to be less than 0.5% at 0.3% or 0.4% and perhaps 1.5% in adolescents. One can extrapolate out from that in terms of the total numbers that have been impacted over the course of the pandemic. I am not seeking to minimise the impact of this for individuals; I am simply making the point that we need much more research to better understand the spectrum that is long Covid, exactly what symptoms people are suffering, how long they are suffering with them and what they can do to bring about resolution of those symptoms over time. The HSE is working on this, but much more work needs to be done.