A professor has spoken out about the BA.5 Covid-19 variant and the new symptoms being identified. Luke O'Neill, who is on the Covid-19 Advisory Group, is calling for the public to better understand the symptoms on the newly identified strain.
The BA.5 variant has been identified as health officials are pleading with the public to isolate at the first sign of infection, the Mirror reports. The Irish professor said: "Most cases in Ireland at the moment would be BA.5, for instance, same in the US. It's another curveball that has been thrown at us by this virus, and BA.5 is the dominant variant that's out there at the moment.”
When speaking about the summer wave, he said it is now believed that there are some key differences in the symptoms being reported - and people need to be aware of them.
