More than 6,600 cases of UK Covid variant in Ireland - HPSC

More than 50 cases of the South African variant have been recorded in Ireland. Photo: Denis Minihane

The UK variant of the Covid-19 virus is the most dominant in the country.

The B.1.1.7 variant was first detected in Ireland in December 2020 and transmission of it “is now widespread in Ireland”, according to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC).