Ireland hasn't seen anything like the rampant growth of the Deltavariant in the UK which is the dominant strain there Covid19Ireland
The Delta variant is being linked with different, more ‘flu-like’ symptoms to previous strains of coronavirus, including the Kent variantProfessor Philip Nolan said on Thursday: "It's reassuring that in recent weeks, the number of identified cases of the Delta variant is not increasing."
In the UK, the ZOE Covid Symptom Study recently said that symptoms of the now dominant Delta variant include a headache, sore throat, runny nose and fever. Throughout the pandemic, the main symptoms of Covid have been described by the HSE as a new cough, shortness of breath, a fever, and loss of taste and smell.
The variant, first identified in India, is also tending to infect younger people who haven't had the vaccine yet.Tim Spector, professor of genetic epidemiology at King’s College London, and a researcher with the ZOE study, said in a YouTube briefing: “The number one symptom is a headache, then followed by a sore throat, runny nose and fever.”He explained that in younger people, who have only had the vaccine offered to them this week, the Delta variant is often “more like a cold".
There is growing concern that, due to the change in symptoms and similarity to a common cold, people may not realise they have Covid.
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