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Covid infections on the rise, immunologist warns

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An immunologist has said Covid-19 infections are on the rise and that it is "astonishing" how infectious the Omicron variant is.

Cliona O'Farrelly, Professor of Comparative Immunology and Biochemistry at Trinity College Dublin, said: "It really is astonishing.

It is very difficult to avoid it. It's like the common cold . . . once it gets going at all, everybody gets it." Her comments come as the number of patients in hospital with Covid-19 is 355, an increase of 44 on yesterday's figure.

Of those, 22 people are being treated in intensive care units with the virus, down two on yesterday. Speaking on RTÉ's Today with Claire Byrne, Prof O'Farrelly said most people will not know that they are infected or will have very mild symptoms. "The big worry is what it does to the hospitals, so that is a concern." She said the level of infection is on the rise and "you can see our change in behaviour over the last few weeks.

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