Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Deputy. That is our intention. We are still learning about long Covid. Many viral illnesses produce a post-viral syndrome. The vast majority of people who get the virus recover, but some develop a long-term illness. We need to see it in the context of other post-viral syndromes. More and more, we need to see Covid not as a separate illness but as one of many viruses from which people can develop post-viral illness that is long term. That is the context in which we hope to see it.

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