Warning issued about symptom of new Covid strain

An Irish professor has said that the latest strain of Covid-19 is beginning to throw up new symptoms that the public should be aware of.

Luke O’Neill, a professor of biochemistry at Trinity College, warned the new BA.5 variant - now the dominant Omicron subvariant worldwide - could make sleeping difficult in the form of night sweats, The Sun reported.

He called the symptom “another curveball” that is a result of the new subvariant colliding with immune systems resulting in a “different disease.”

Intense night sweats have been linked to earlier Omicron subvariants.