Booster race: why the arrival of Omicron raises the stakes

Despite the rollout of booster vaccines, experts fear the new variant could cause Covid-19 infection rates to reach 10,000 cases a day by the new year

Christmas shoppers on Grafton Street: ‘Right now we should be battening down the hatches in terms of social engagements in preparation, but it seems most people don’t realise what’s coming’ . PIcture: RollingNews.ie