Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney has welcomed confirmation that new travel measures taken by the UK against the Omicron variant will not apply to the common travel area.

No Covid-19 test or quarantine is required if travelling within CTA and not outside of the CTA in the previous ten days. Yesterday, the UK Health Security Agency confirmed two cases of the new Omicron variant cases, which are both believed to be connected and linked to travel to southern Africa, after genomic sequencing.

The individuals and their households were ordered into self-isolation and targeted testing was being carried out in areas where they are thought to have been infectious.

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