Five-year-old hospitalised with Covid-linked illness In a statement, a spokesperson for Children's Health Ireland (CHI) said since the start of the pandemic, there have been 32 children known to CHI who had symptoms of PIMS Tommy O'Neill, 5, was hospitalised with Paediatric Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome (PIMS TS), which has been linked to Covid-19 in children. Thu, 18 Feb, 2021 - 09:00 Aine Kenny The family of a very ill five-year-old boy say they want to raise awareness of a dangerous inflammatory condition linked to Covid, after their child was hospitalised last week. Last Thursday, Tommy O'Neill from Dublin was taken to Tallaght hospital after becoming unwell.