Covid symptoms checklist as Irish cases of new 'FLiRT' variant 'rising rapidly'

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Ireland's health officials have revealed the latest statistics on Covid in Ireland. There appears to be a notable trend towards the new 'FLiRT' lineages gaining ground in the country.

Health officials have released an update on Covid in Ireland, which suggests that cases of the new 'FLiRT' variant are rising rapidly in the country.

The HPSC said: "So called ‘FLiRT’ lineages accounted for 36.1% of sequenced cases in Ireland and between week 15 and week 19 2024. These lineages included: LA.2, JN.1.16.1, KP.2 and KP.1.1" Medical professionals across the world reporting a rise in 'FliRT' cases and there are fears that the variants may be more transmissible and better at escaping prior immunity than previous waves, but there is little evidence that they are more severe than their predecessors.

Covid symptoms checklist Despite the ever-evolving virus still hanging around more than four years after the pandemic first began, the symptoms remain largely the same. The symptoms of Covid can include:

 

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