There are likely to be more Covid variants of concern after Omicron, according to the chief medical officer.
Dr Tony Holohan will tell an Oireachtas committee today the pandemic isn't over, and the risk from Covid remains 'very high'.
But he'll say the current situation is 'broadly positive', and people should return to normal activities.
Infectious diseases consultant, Eoghan de Barra, says there will be more variants.
"It continues to be an incredible amount of Covid activity and infection across the world, and undoubtedly there will be variants of concern.
"Undoubtedly some of them will come to our shores, but we just have to be in the best prepared state we can be here.
"We must support vaccine equity, and try and stamp out the infection across the world."
