A Belfast virologist is predicting a new Covid-19 variant and wave this autumn.
It comes as new statistics show more than 5% of people in Northern Ireland tested positive for the virus in early July.
In Northern Ireland, infections have increased to an estimated 107,600 people, or one in 17 - the highest level since the beginning of April, and up from 98,400, or one in 19, according to the Office for National Statistics.
