First cases of a new Covid-19 variant of concern detected in the Republic
b"The first cases of a new Covid-19 variant of concern have been detected in the Republic. \\xa0Chief medical officer Dr\\xa0Tony Holohan said Two cases of BA.4, a sublineage of the currently dominant Omicron were detected earlier this month \\xa0For more on this Ciara spoke to Professor of Experimental Immunology at Trinity College Dublin, Kingston Mills.\\nListen and subscribe to Newstalk Breakfast\\xa0on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\nDownload, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.\\n\\xa0\\xa0 \\nYou can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.\\n\\n "