Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It is an excellent question. In fact, yesterday India had in excess of 300,000 cases. I believe it is the highest number of daily cases for any country since Covid-19 arrived. It is absolutely heartbreaking. The team that advises the CMO met yesterday for this week's review. The deputy CMO and I have spoken directly about India and I expect a recommendation on it this week. To answer the Deputy's point, I am concerned about it. When the deputy CMO and I spoke on this yesterday, the Indian variant had not yet been classified by the multilaterals as a variant of concern. We know the UK has added India to its list, however. We are looking very closely at India for the reason outlined by the Deputy.

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