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People who are suffering from persistent symptoms of the coronavirus after contracting the disease, or long-COVID, are calling for the condition to be designated as a disability.
Those who tested positive for COVID-19 are reporting symptoms long after their initial diagnosis, such as fatigue, breathlessness, racing hearts or loss of taste or smell.
Linda Dalton, a long-COVID sufferer, is calling for the disease to be recognised as a disability.
She explained to
The Pat Kenny Show that for the past six months, she has been exhausted, struggling for breath and unable to return to work.
Linda contracted COVID-19 on October 10th last year and felt like she had a really bad flu .
Social Affairs & Religion Correspondent
The Department of Health has said it is not possible to administer Covid-19 vaccinations to all staff working in all residential facilities in disability services at this time, due to limitations of supply.
Staff who do not receive the vaccine in the coming week will be included in the vaccination programme for frontline healthcare workers, which will continue in February.
The confirmation comes after the Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly, told the Dáil that staff in long-term care facilities with disabilities were being vaccinated this week.
Disability representative organisations said this was not the case.