Omicron

What we know about the new COVID FLiRT variants including symptoms

A new variant of Covid named Eris has emerged as figures show a spike in hospital admissions this summer

New Covid variant found in UK

The number of hotel rooms sold in Northern Ireland last year rose by 62% on the previous 12 months, new figures have revealed. Statistics released by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) also show the number of beds sold in Northern Ireland 2022 rose by 43%. Titanic Belfast (pictured) saw a significant increase in visitors in 2022, up 173% compared to the previous 12 months

Number of hotel rooms sold in Northern Ireland last year rose by 62%

Symptoms of Arcturus as new Covid strain claims five lives

New highly-infectious covid strain Arcturus kills five Brits

New Covid variant Arcturus has been found in the UK

Arcturus: New Covid variant found in UK

Lockdown was prescribed by doctors to save lives

Letters: Side effects of lockdown are now emerging

Coronavirus continues to be least prevalent in Northern Ireland, at around one in 60 people.

'Uncertain trend' for positive COVID infections in Northern Ireland

Data reveals the top ten words and names Brits struggle to pronounce the most including Niamh, Omicron & Açaí

Data reveals the top ten words and names Brits struggle to pronounce

The new variant is set to be more transmissible than Omicron (Adobe)

New Covid variant nicknamed ‘The Kraken’ is ‘more transmissible’

FSB NI’s policy chair, Alan Lowry

View: A quick summary of one of the most turbulent years in NI

UK approve COVID vaccine that targets original strain and Omicron

Lateral Flow test

Covid infections rise steeply in all four UK nations

Royal Mail to hike stamp prices again despite cost of living crisis

A spokesperson for the Public Health Agency said 1,179 cases of XE have been confirmed in the UK. Fewer than five have been detected in Northern Ireland

Small number of cases of Omicron XE variant of Covid in Northern Ireland

What is Deltacron? Delta-Omicron Covid variant explained - what are the symptoms and how many cases in the UK?

What is Deltacron? Delta-Omicron Covid variant explained

Finance Minister Conor Murphy pictured with Catherine McClelland from Roar and Explore soft play

One week left to apply for Omicron Hospitality Payment

To date, £34.1 million has issued to 2,731 businesses from the Department of Finance’s Omicron Hospitality Payment

Claire Cartmill

Booster Jab: Who is eligible in Northern Ireland for the extra booster vaccine this Spring - and how to book.

Who is eligible for the extra booster jab in Northern Ireland?

Mark Sterritt, UK network director, NI at the British Business Bank

From net zero to debt management what will shape NI firms this year?

Chairman of the British Medical Association in Northern Ireland, Dr Tom Black

BMA Chair urges public to stick to guidelnes as restrictions lifted

Virologist Doctor Connor Bamford from Queen's University Belfast

QUB virologist explains why Omicron is more infectious but less dangerous

When do Covid restrictions lift in Northern Ireland? Here are the laws being removed today and what this means.

When do Covid restrictions lift in Northern Ireland?

News Letter editorial

A fine day for Northern Ireland, as normal life returns

Finance Minister Conor Murphy and Janice Gault, NI Hotels Federation chief executive, with representatives from the NI Hotels Federation and hoteliers

Praise as almost £2million is paid to support 100 NI hotels - Murphy

Queen Elizabeth has said Camilla will become Queen Consort

Queen's surprise announcement about Camilla

Dashboard maps incidence of Delta and Omicron variants as cases emerge across the province. The analytic programme was launched this week by experts at Queen's University Belfast and the Public Health Agency

New dashboard maps cases of Delta and Omicron across NI

Pictured visiting Funky Monkeys in Kennedy Centre Belfast are Funky Monkeys business owner Bernard Mulholland with Cian Smith and Finance Minister Conor Murphy

Murphy extends Omicron Hospitality Payment to include soft play businesses, infl...

Used car sales jump in ‘volatile’ year as EV demand rockets

Second-hand prices continue to rise as pressure on new car sales boost demand for used models

Matt Allan

If Covid had been a risk to the prime minister and his Downing Street team, they would have followed the rules more carefully

Boris Johnson knew that the Covid risk to healthy people was low

Omicron appears unable to infect lung cells as efficiently as the Delta variant

Omicron causes different symptoms than previous variants

Big Night of Musicals by the National Lottery

How long does Omicron last and when are you most contagious with Covid?

How long does Omicron last?

Abbey Centre, Newtownabbey

Primark set to launch new website in Northern Ireland

The WHO says the pandemic is approaching its “endgame” in Europe (Photo: Getty Images)

Covid pandemic reaching ‘endgame’ - but shouldn’t be treated like flu

The new website will launch by the end of March 2022 (Photo: Getty Images)

Primark announces new website launch date - how online store will work

News Letter editorial

Another key step on the road to post Covid normality in Northern Ireland

Nightclubs in Northern Ireland will be reopening on Wednesday, January 24.

Here's when nightclubs are reopening in Northern Ireland

Vaccines are the best defence against severe disease and death, says the WHO (Photo: Getty Images)

Worst of Omicron wave ‘done with’ says WHO - but pandemic far from over

Professor Sir Michael McBride

Covid: Pregnant women urged to get vaccine as virus danger to babies highlighted

News Letter editorial

Omicron risks might continue to fade but vax passport plan still needs debate

The mass vaccination centre at the Titanic Exhibition Centre in Belfast a

NI’s largest mass vaccine clinic to close tomorrow

Press Eye - Belfast - Northern Ireland - 15th June 2021 - Education Minister, Michelle McIlveen . Photo by Kelvin Boyes / Press Eye.

More virus disruption ahead for schools, says Education Minister

Colin Neill, chief executive, Hospitality Ulster

Worst trading performance in living memory says Hospitality Ulster CE

Infection Control nurse Colin Clarke looks out from a Covid-19 recovery ward at Craigavon Area Hospital in Co Armagh, Northern Ireland.

Swann: Omicron worst-case scenario has not materialised

Ronan Keating's 'Twenty Twenty' tour has once again been postponed.

Ronan Keating's 'Twenty Twenty' Tour is postponed again

Chief Medical Officer Sir Michael McBride

Covid: Northern Ireland to hit peak of Omicron wave in next couple of weeks

Cypriots wait in line to receive the third dose of a Covid-19 vaccine at a walk-in vaccination centre (Photo: Getty Images)

Experts dismiss claims of new ‘Deltacron’ Covid strain found in Cyprus

Supporters of Serbia's Novak Djokovic yesterday dance and sing outside the Park Hotel, used as an immigration detention hotel where Djokovic is confined in Melbourne, Australia, (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

Henry McDonald: I’ve no sympathy for the unvaccinated tennis star Novak Djokovic

Care home outbreaks have reached record levels in Northern Ireland, new figures show

Record care home outbreaks but vaccines mean 'very few' becoming severely ill

Travel restrictions between the UK and France have been eased slightly (Photo: Getty Images)

France eases restrictions for UK travellers after ‘supersonic’ rise in Covid cas...

(Composite: Mark Hall / JPIMedia)

The warning symptom of Omicron that appears on skin, lips and nails

Troops to be deployed in London to help NHS amid staff shortages (Photo by PAUL ELLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Troops to be deployed in London to help NHS amid staff shortages

Michelle McIlveen

Assembly recall now confirmed for Monday

Christmas shoppers wearing face masks leave Primark in Belfast city centre.

No new rules thanks to high vaccine rates, says Paul Givan

Sign in a bistro window in Belfast asking customers to practice social distancing and to wait to be seated.

Stormont ministers meet to discuss latest Covid-19 surge

A quarter of ambulance staff are currently off work.

Covid: 25% of NI Ambulance Service unavailable to work