A medical expert has warned that people who get the new Covid variant are testing positive for longer. Immunologist Denis Kinane says the emergence of the Omicron XE variant proves Covid-19 will continue to adapt, and that members of the public and health authorities need to remain vigilant as the virus evolve.
Professor Kinane, Leading Immunologist and Founding Scientist of Cignpost Diagnostics, told The Mirror that data is showing people testing positive for 10 or more days with this variant. He warned this means the virus has the ability to spread more widely - and said this coupled with the scrapping of free testing could leave vulnerable groups even more vulnerable.
He said: "One of the key differences with our current variants is that in some individuals they continue to be PCR positive at high levels, previously associated with being infectious, for much longer.
