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# variant

This year
2023
# XBB.1.5
We need to talk about the 'Kraken' variant: What is it, and do we know what impact it could have?
XBB.1.5 is uniquely good at breaking the ‘door’ to the human body, but it’s not clear how much of a surge in cases it could cause.
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Jan 14th 2023, 9:00 AM
Last year
2022
# omicron
A new Covid variant of concern has been detected in Ireland - what do we know about it?
BA.4 and BA.5 were identified by the ECDC as variants of concern earlier this month.
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May 23rd 2022, 3:09 PM
All time
# omicron
WHO warns of Omicron overload as UK records almost 130,000 cases of the virus
To hold back the tide, European nations brought back curbs with painful economic and social consequences.
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Dec 28th 2021, 9:42 PM
# variant
WHO experts expect details of Omicron transmission ‘within days’
Rising infection rates have seen governments reintroduce certain measures to try to stop the spread of Omicron.
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Dec 1st 2021, 7:50 PM
# omicron
WHO designates new Covid strain as 'variant of concern' and names it Omicron
The US pharmaceutical company Moderna has said that it will develop a booster shot against Omicron.
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Nov 26th 2021, 9:45 PM
# B11529
Explainer: What do we know about the new Covid variant and how worried should we be?
The B.1.1.529 variant has first been found in cases in parts of Africa and Asia.
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Nov 26th 2021, 2:34 PM
# variant
Justice Minister says mandatory hotel quarantine could return over new Covid-19 variant
Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney has said a decision on stopping flights from southern Africa should be made later today.
Health Minister Stephen Donnelly 'deeply concerned' by new variant.
Concern rises over transmissibility of variant and its impact on vaccines.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says EU wants to stop air travel from southern Africa.
People travelling to Ireland from 7 southern African nations will need pre-flight PCR and home quarantine
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Nov 26th 2021, 12:00 PM
# Virus
Flights suspended from six African countries to UK due to new Covid 19 variant
Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly is “deeply concerned”, about the new variant.
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Nov 25th 2021, 10:50 PM
# Delta
Delta variant made up 20% of Ireland's Covid cases last week
Holohan said he was “concerned” by the latest data.
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Jun 21st 2021, 5:55 PM
# Covid-19
‘High degree of confidence’ vaccines work against Indian variant, Matt Hancock says
The British Health Secretary said it is “appropriate” to push on with the major easing of lockdown in England.
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May 16th 2021, 1:23 PM
# b.1.617
WHO labels Covid-19 variant spreading in India 'of concern at the global level'
The World Health Organization also said there was evidence to suggest increased transmissibility of this variant.
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May 10th 2021, 10:17 PM
# extended
Germany to extend lockdown until 7 March amid concern over variants
Some exceptions will be made with hairdressers permitted to resume business on 1 March.
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Feb 10th 2021, 7:55 PM
# Covid-19
South Africa suspends AstraZeneca vaccinations amid concern over efficacy
Researchers are working to update the vaccine to deal with the South African variant.
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Feb 8th 2021, 2:40 PM
# Coronavirus
UK strain of Covid-19 now in at least 60 countries, WHO confirms
Incoming US President Joe Biden focused on healing at a memorial for victims on the eve of his inauguration.
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Jan 20th 2021, 8:48 AM
# SARS-CoV-2
Travel ban to apply to visitors from both UK and South Africa until 6 January
Both variants are feared to be more transmissible, and research is ongoing.
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Dec 30th 2020, 7:45 PM