Mullingar's Professor Kingston Mills says variant-specific booster jabs are needed.
A midlands virus expert says the Covid pandemic will continue until boosters are brought forward to deal with variants.
Ireland’s virus cases have surged in recent weeks, despite high levels of vaccination.
Trinity College Dublin professor, Mullingar's Kingston Mills says the issue is the Delta variant is harder to slow than the old virus strain.
He says vaccines designed for new variants will be more effective:
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