People who test positive for Covid-19 from Thursday will have to self-isolate on Christmas Day, according to the Covid advisor for the Irish College of General Practitioners.
Dr Mary Favier said that the whole population has to face Covid-19 again and there is likely to be a very big surge as a result of the Omicron variant.
Speaking on RTÉ's Morning Ireland, Dr Favier said the anticipated volume of cases resulting from the highly infectious variant will present difficulties, even though the variant appears to cause less serious illnesses. "People should remember that if they have a Covid-positive test tomorrow they are now in self isolation on Christmas Day," she said. "So it's our personal behaviors in the next few days that will make a