Q&A: What is the FLiRT covid variant and is it a worry?

The HSE’s free spring vaccine programme continues until the end of next week. File picture: Dan Linehan

Cases of covid-19 are on the rise again with anecdotal evidence of summer weddings and other events affected, and some people confusing covid symptoms for allergies.

Tallaght Hospital in Dublin has stopped visiting hours due to a spike in cases of both covid and the norovirus