A leading GP has said the new Covid variant Omicron XE will "most likely" become the dominant strain in Northern Ireland.
Public health officials confirmed at the weekend that a small number of cases of the new strain of the Omicron variant have been detected here.
XE is a mutation of the Omicron BA.1 and BA.2 strains and the result of two strains merging together and then going on to infect others.
