Warning Covid cases could soon hit 20,000 a day in early January amid Omicron fears
Members of the National Ambulance Service working at a walk-in test centre on the grounds of Grangegorman Primary Care Centre in Dublin (Brian Lawless/PA Wire)
The Government has been warned there could be more than 20,000 Covid-19 cases per day in Ireland in early January as a result of the far more transmissible Omicron variant, the Irish Independent has learned.
The unprecedented scenario of record high case numbers – quadruple current levels – was presented to the Coalition leaders and Health Minister Stephen Donnelly on Tuesday night.
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