Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 17 April 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion
Dr. Siobh?n N? Bhriain:
I will start and then defer to my colleagues on some of that. The Deputy is right. The vaccine has been very effective in reducing the prevalence of Covid. There are specific drugs used to treat specific symptoms. For example, if somebody has new onset asthma, that would be treated accordingly. I will defer to my colleagues in two seconds on that. We are involved with the EU on a group that is looking at the impact of long Covid internationally. Dr. Bannan and Dr. Kent are consultant respiratory and infectious diseases specialists in this area so I invite them to comment on the question about medications.
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