Out of Office: Varadkar issues Omicron warning and Davos postponed

Leo Varadkar, the Tánaiste, said he hoped people would not be scared by “record” Covid case numbers due to the more transmissible Omicron variant. He said that because the new strain was so transmissible, a lot of people in hospital may get it but not be in hospital because of it, and there may be a more severe impact on primary care, GP and pharmacy services. “There will be very high case numbers and I ...