'More than 10' possible cases of Omicron variant in Ireland, says Minister for Health

Stephen Donnelly said in his opinion, it is “very likely” that at least some of these will be the Omicron variant.

Health Minister Stephen Donnelly said there are “more than 10” possible cases of the Omicron variant in Ireland.

Speaking this lunchtime, Mr Donnelly said a trawl of samples being undertaken has found “just over ten” cases with what is called “S-gene dropout”, which is associated with Omicron.