Two cases of new Covid-19 variant of concern detected in Ireland

Two cases of new Covid-19 variant of concern detected in Ireland

 

Sun, 22 May, 2022 - 18:40
Gráinne Ní Aodha

Two cases of a newly classified Covid-19 variant of concern have been confirmed in Ireland.

On May 12 the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control reclassified two sub-lineages of the Omicron variant of Covid-19, BA.4 and BA.5, from variants of interest to variants of concern.

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