New Covid variant

2022 - 4 - 19

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14486 cases of Covid-19 recorded over Easter weekend (RTE.ie)

The Department of Health reported 778 PCR-confirmed cases of Covid-19 cases today, while 1,641 people registered a positive antigen test through the HSE portal.

"But come September, October there's bound to be a surge because we're back indoors again. "You know an immune system can recognise the same cards, basically. The Department of Health has said that as of 8 April, one case of the XE variant has been reported in the Republic of Ireland to date, in a travel-associated case with a specimen date in February 2022. There were 44 people in ICUs with the virus, a decrease of four on the same time yesterday. There was a slight increase in the number of people in hospital with Covid-19 this morning, up eight on yesterday to 750. The figures also show that on Friday there were 1,788 PCR-confirmed cases and 2,013 positive antigen tests, with 1,666 PCR and 1,459 registered antigen cases on Saturday, while on Sunday there were 852 PCR-confirmed cases and 1,270 antigen tests registered through the portal.

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Luke O'Neill says vaccines are working to fight against new Covid ... (Her.ie)

Covid 19 vaccines are said to be working against the new strain of the virus and are preventing severe disease, according to Professor Luke O'Neill.

"But come September, October there's bound to be a surge because we're back indoors again. "You know an immune system can recognise the same cards, basically. The Department of Health has said that there has been one case of the XE variant in Ireland, with it first being noted on April 8th but believed to be a travel-associated case with a specimen date in February 2022.

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Vaccination safety-net holding up to Covid XE variant, says Prof ... (BreakingNews.ie)

Prof O'Neill said Pan-Coronavirus vaccine could be a reality before the end of the year.

Some of them are even better than the current vaccines. The good news is, though, that the immune system is still holding up to stop us getting severe disease." "That is the real dream - several of those are in development, there is a huge amount of effort going in to try and make them," Prof O'Neill said.

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