Dr. Ciaran Bannan:

This is very much an evolving area. The Omicron strain has only been with us for this year really and we do have people who have had multiple infections. Ongoing research will help to determine whether subsequent infections pose a higher risk of contracting long Covid. From what I have seen in the clinic to date, I feel that, for the majority of patients, subsequent episodes of Covid-19 tend to be milder than the initial symptoms and people often recover much faster than before. It may be associated with a setback in their long Covid symptoms, but recovery is usually experienced quite quickly and those patients get back to their baseline faster. This is, however, very much new evidence. Time and ongoing experience will tell, from this perspective.