Dr Tony Holohan's last update on Covid before leaving CMO role amid cases surge

Dr Tony Holohan did not see any need to reintroduce Covid-19 restrictions amid the surging cases numbers in Ireland.

Tanaiste Leo Varadkar told a party meeting earlier this week that the CMO at the time did not anticipate any new rules being needed to stop the spread of the virus.Following NPHET’s last meeting on February 17, during which it was recommended the team be stood down, Dr Holohan flagged his concerns about new variants - and in particular, BA.2 sub-strain of the Omicron variant.On that date, 78 cases of BA.2 were found in Ireland.

Concerns have been raised about the BA.2 variant, also known as stealth omicron, as it is said to be one of the most infectious diseases the world has ever seen. Former World Health Organisation scientist Professor Adrian Esterman wrote on Twitter: “Omicron BA.2 is about 1.4 times more infectious than BA.1. The basic reproduction number for BA.1 is about 8.2, making R0 for BA.2 about 12.READ MORE:What we know so far about major Covid rule change that could come into effect within days

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