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COVID: BA.2.86 variant causes concern

A new Covid variant, BA.2.86, is causing concern due to its potential increased transmissibility, while the Health Protection Surveillance Centre says that Eris is spreading quicker than other recent variants. We get the latest on Covid with Professor Paul Moynagh Head of the Department of Biology and Director of the Kathleen Lonsdale Institute for Human Health Research at Maynooth University.

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09.00 24 Aug 2023


COVID: BA.2.86 variant causes concern


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09.00 24 Aug 2023


A new Covid variant, BA.2.86, is causing concern due to its potential increased transmissibility, while the Health Protection Surveillance Centre says that Eris is spreading quicker than other recent variants. We get the latest on Covid with Professor Paul Moynagh Head of the Department of Biology and Director of the Kathleen Lonsdale Institute for Human Health Research at Maynooth University.


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