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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
National
Marita Moloney

Luke O'Neill shares main concern over Omicron XE variant as he pinpoints date of next Covid surge

Professor Luke O'Neill has warned the latest Covid variant to arrive in Ireland needs to be monitored "very closely".

One case of Omicron XE, a new 'hybrid' strain of the BA.1 and BA.2 variants, has been reported in Ireland to date.

In Northern Ireland, a "small number" of cases of the new variant have also been discovered.

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